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Moby Dick

36x19x19 inches (h x w x d)
steel wire

"[...]Moby Dick deals with this idea of transformation - the interpretation of a story and the interpretation of the interpretation. By retelling the story word for word in sculptural text I try to contain the story that cannot be contained. Thus, Moby Dick is no longer Moby Dick."--artist's statement

Materials

steel (alloy); wire

Techniques

forming
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
Source: Slide
Work in progress
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