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Wasper Gropius, original mixed media composition, 2025

Wasper Gropius, original mixed media composition, 2025

$400.00
$400.00
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Wasper Gropius
original mixed media composition
 
Modern Architecture and the Beauty of the Paper Wasp Nest - a closer view of the composition and the inspiration behind the work in this YouTube video (4.02 min): https://youtu.be/1cnqHoCJOrA

dimensions: 12 3/4" x 12 3/4" x 1 3/4"  
date: May 2025
condition:  Good condition.  Imperfections of some of the elements is to be accepted as part of the work, particularly the nests themselves, as they were created by wasps and retrieved from a pair of 1950s Chevy doors that I found for another project.

medium: mixed - Wasp nests;  a wood tray repurposed as the frame and covered with a light natural varnish; the nests are set into a hardboard panel with gloss grey over navy blue spray paint applied to the surface, and acrylic paint touches of ochre color.

The corners of the hardboard are cut at 45° angles, a nod to the hexagonal cells making up the honeycomb pattern formed in the construction of each nest. The nests are exposed, and extend beyond the depth of the frame.  There is a total of six nests, one is attached to another, giving a 'townhouse effect', at the top left side.

artist: Milagros Melendez, signature and date are written at the bottom right corner.

 "The beautiful Paper Wasp Nests, made by nature’s architects, the nests are assembled against a grey backdrop, and the parallel with Walter Gropius is drawn, an influential architect and director of the Bauhaus throughout the 1920s."

NO WASPS WERE HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS ART PIECE

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