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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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