Cristo Escamilla: Leafcutter Ants Set Wire Art bark paper Dimensions: 10''Tall 13''Long 6''Wide

Dimensions: 10''Tall 13''Long 6''Wide

each one individually painted with fine herringbone lines — a patient

carrying such deep meaning

each filled with dozens of tiny

whose civilization flourished at Monte Albán

Cristo Escamilla: Leafcutter Ants Set Wire Art bark paper Dimensions: 10''Tall 13''Long 6''WideCristo Escamilla's leafcutter ants are going somewhere, and they are not stopping for anything. All five hormigas are mid march, each one hoisting a fabric leaf overhead that dwarfs its entire body exactly as the real Atta leafcutter does, carrying fragments up to twenty times its own weight back to the colony without a moment's hesitation. The procession has that unstoppable, slightly absurd energy of actual leafcutters: heads down, legs moving,