In this most remarkable auction item, renowned conceptual artist Tom Marioni will install his iconic Temple of Geometry (1 of 3), 2004, into your home or other location of your choice. A series of white cubes, The Temple reflects and furthers Marioni's interest in Asian art and Zen Buddhism.
Since the 1960s, Tom Marioni has been one of the leading exemplars of conceptual art, creating a distinctive body of work while challenging definitions of artistic genres. He has explored performance art as sculptural actions, incorporating nontraditional elements such as time, sound, light, air and social situations. His 1969 work, One Second Sculpture, for example, created a real-time drawing in space as a structure of time, sound, and action. And as the founder and director of the Museum of Conceptual Art (MOCA), which served as a center for conceptual artwork in San Francisco from 1970 to 1984, Marioni established a space where artists were able to create visual art through situations, installations and performances.

Temple of Geometry (1 of 3), 2004
Plaster of Sheetrock
21 x 13 x 13 centimeters
Courtesy of the artist