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of lots of different things and put them together” the artist said, adding my early morning beach walk, I passed Ignacio’s original sculpture
that he had several months of formal art training but quit because of from a distance. Not another soul was around, and I assumed the
what he considered were ”to rigid” rules. Ignacio has assembled parts odd-looking structure was a state of the art weather monitor placed
of PVC tubing, thick glass lenses, auto parts, antennas and computer there by the Park Service. I had planned to check into it at the time,
motherboards, brushed aluminum rods and many more components but never did. It looked so ”official” somehow, even though there
to create his two works, each weighing approximately 350 pounds were no signs posted on that deserted November ’98 beach warning
and costing him $8000 in materials. One year ago, as I was taking people to stay away. Now a year later, the mystery was solved for me.
What I saw on the beach last year was Ignacio’s ”Spaceship
Arriving at Amsterdam. Mars, 2023 Digital Print 33x45 cm.
Landing at Bucharest Romania. Mars, 2023 Digital Print 33x45 cm. Manhattan, Trenton. Mars.”
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