Ideal Structures for a Dubious Future (Spiral Tower)
Artist
Nicola López
(born 1975 Santa Fe, New Mexico; lives Brooklyn, New York)
Date2012
Mediumexplosive intaglio on paper, ed. 8/12
Dimensionsimage: 11 3/4 × 8 in. (29.8 × 20.3 cm),
paper: 16 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (42.5 × 32.4 cm)
paper: 16 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (42.5 × 32.4 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase and gift of the artist
Object numberPC2021.37.6
DescriptionA heavily shaded explosive intaglio of a spiral structure. The shading is heavy at the base and top of the structure, and gradients of gray through the center. Dark black lines outline and define the structure. An explosive blast was used to create the composition at Los Alamos National Lab through a small business granting lab.On View
Not on viewJune 1933
1943
ca. 1965