A paper version of the environment created by Nelson in the UBS building in Monaco, Cloak is a study in complete, total, even suffocating, blue. Specifically, ultramarine: extracted from precious lapis lazuli, a Middle Eastern stone more expensive than gold. To be contemplated by the viewer, these pages, cloaked in blue, evoke the imbalanced distribution of the world’s wealth.

Author: Mike Nelson

Title: Cloak

Publisher: Nero

Year: 2016

Language: English

Specifications: hardcover, 168 pages, edition of 500, 170 x 225 mm