An intricately-detailed ten-part vision of environmental disaster by the New York-based artist Dustin Yellin is on display for the first time at Grimm gallery in Amsterdam (until 7 January). The 20-ft work shows a tidal wave unleashed by melting ice caps sweeping away people, animals, art and buildings. The apocalyptic landscape consists of thousands of images cut out of magazines and collaged together in blocks made from multiple sheets of glass held together by invisible glue. Details have been painted on to the glass by Yellin who worked with some 20 assistants for 18 months to complete the complex installation.
The piece has been sold to a US collector, the gallery says, and is expected to go on a tour of Europe before heading to its new home. Its unveiling took place as part of Amsterdam Art Weekend, a four-day city-wide contemporary art initiative, which finished yesterday.