Garnett Puett, Apisculpture

A figure sculpted in pale golden beeswax comb rises from a rough clay-like body, its face half dissolved into hexagonal cells. Bees cling to the comb, still building, against a dark green blur of leaves.
Title
Garnett Puett, Apisculpture
Description
Garnett Puett apisculpture, Cochecton, New York, July 1986. Puett made a new Apisculpture with a living bee colony for Breath(e), inside a structure visitors could safely enter. Shown in Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice, Hammer Museum, UCLA, 2024–25.
Creator
Garnett Puett
Rights
Rights held by artist or creator
Photo: Gillian de Seve

Part of Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice