photo © atelier van lieshout
Rotterdam-based Atelier van Lieshout’s (AVL) newest project is ‘cascade’ an eight-metre tall
sculpture made from polyester. the larger-than-life sculpture consists of eighteen stacked oil drums,
arranged to stand as a monumental column, and which look as if they are descending from the sky
like a waterfall. a syrupy, oil-like mass drips from the large drums, in which one can make out
the shapes of anonymous human figures in dramatic poses. in comparison to the robust contours
of the oil drums, the figures are limp and formless. despite looking fragile, these human-like figures
create the support network of the column, appearing as if they are in a way melting into one another
to form a single entity.
photo © atelier van lieshout
[via]
