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Babel

Nicholas Ouellette
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Babel
Ruins of the Future
This series of adobe sculptures constructed between 2010 and 2011 explores the themes of perpetual incompletion and the reciprocal relationship between construction and destruction. Each piece is a "remnant" of a lost civilization - possibly forgotten, possibly our own. This sculptural language asks a simple question: Why do we build?

Materials:  Earth, straw, sand, dye, acrylic, wood, string, wheatpaste.
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Potential Tower
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Potential Tower - Detail
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Potential Tower - Detail
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Potential Tower - Detail
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Votive Structure
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Votive Structure (Detail)
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Untitled (Remnant 1)
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Untitled (Remnant 1) - Detail
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Untitled (Map)
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Untitled (Map) - Detail
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Untitled (Remnant 2)
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Untitled (Remnant 2) - Detail
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Untitled (Remnant 4)
dirt earth string natural babel tower collapse scaffold crane
Untitled (Remnant 4) - Detail
Babel
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Seattle, WA, USA

Babel

A series of large-scale adobe sculptures exploring the themes of construction and collapse.

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