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Conrad Shawcross : the dappled light of the sun / [essay by Patrick Sykes]

by Conrad Shawcross, Patrick Sykes

This volume documents a large-scale steel sculpture installation comprising five cloud-like forms constructed from thousands of tetrahedrons. It features site photography, structural diagrams, and an interview exploring the intersection of geometry and physics.

Accession 20855 ISBN 9781910350362 Publisher Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
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