Tauba Auerbach’s fascination with typography and mathematical formula lends both an abstraction and elucidation to her voluble compositions. The resulting interplay between optical illusions and elements of language presents an innovative take on the balance between meaning and appearance in art. The idiomatically familiar and the intrinsically obscure are combined in a manner that questions the barriers between informative and artistic communication.

In Uppercase Insides¸ the uncertainty created between the merging of symbol and letter exposes the malleability of language and the vast potentials of art. By infusing symbols with meaning the artist deconstructs established entities into their individual components. In this particular lot, the return to the origin is also reflected in the choice of colour palette that revels in simplicity. Similar to the binary system in the reluctance to ever reach grey from black and white, Auerbach celebrates the ingenuity of interactive and creative systems in their purest form.