Ideal Structures for a Dubious Future (Slab Complex)
Artist
Nicola López
(born 1975 Santa Fe, New Mexico; lives Brooklyn, New York)
Date2012
Mediumexplosive intaglio on paper, ed. 8/12
Dimensionsimage: 9 × 9 3/4 in. (22.9 × 24.8 cm),
paper: 13 1/2 × 15 in. (34.3 × 38.1 cm)
paper: 13 1/2 × 15 in. (34.3 × 38.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase and gift of the artist
Object numberPC2021.37.5
DescriptionAn explosive intaglio with a central image of a structure with a base suggesting steps and ridges leading up towards three steeple-like shapes. The central figure is mostly blacked out with highlights of white to the central right area. An explosive blast was used to create the composition at Los Alamos National Lab through a small business granting lab.On View
Not on view
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