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LARGER THAN LIFE
FROM SECOND LIFE TO THREE DIMENSIONS
MONKEYING AROUND
THE WOW FACTOR
CARDBOARD AND CONCEPTUAL LIGHTNESS
Lightweight and plentiful, cardboard allows artists to dream big. Easily built up with just tape or glue, cardboard boxes can become oversized sculptures, without the weight or muscle needed to build up metal or stone. Going big with cardboard also means a level of transportability that other materials cannot provide—a 10-foot (3 m) cardboard sculpture can be brought from place to place by one person, instead of three art handlers.
JOSEPH DELAPPE
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