Peter Callesen, an artist based in Mors, Denmark, has a unique talent for transforming a single sheet of paper into intricate architectural sculptures. His works, often depicting buildings in states of ruin, rise from the flatness of paper into three-dimensional forms with an astonishing level of detail. Callesen’s creations are not just artistic expressions but also a commentary on the transient nature of materials, even those as enduring as stone.
His sculptures, inspired by gothic architecture and the romantic painters, evoke themes of creation and decay, success and failure, particularly highlighted in pieces like “17.8 Tall Tower of Babel”, which draws on the myth of the Tower of Babel to symbolize brokenness and the hubris of striving beyond our reach.
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