Love Bugs and the Thing Between
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Love Bugs and the Thing Between (2013)
Artist: Janet Austin
Media: Powder-coated steel, concrete, ceramic and glass mosaic tile.
Dimensions: 12″ H x 84″ W x 24″ D
Inspired by the harmless Box Elder beetle, this pair of bugs makes light of our fear of insects. They are involved in their own struggle with a spiny object that they are protecting and fighting over simultaneously.