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MAARTEN SLOF & SAM WILSON FLETCHER’S “PILLAR MISTER”: THINKING BIG WITH CARDBOARD

WITH CAST-OFF BOXES, A NOD TO ANCIENT HISTORY, AND GOOD HUMOR, AN ART-MAKING DUO CONJURES UP AN UNLIKELY MONUMENT


by Edward M. Gómez


The collaborating artists Maarten Slof (Instagram: @mcslof), who is Dutch, and Sam Wilson Fletcher (Instagram: @samwilsonfletcher), who is British-Irish and divides his time between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, are sittin’ on top of the world.

More precisely, using repurposed corrugated-cardboard boxes, our favorite art-making material of the moment, they’ve conjured up a simple, clever work of art that evokes the spirit of a historical figure who really did spend a lot of time perched high above the madding crowd.

The British-Irish artist Sam Wilson Fletcher examining the peephole view in the still-in-progress version of “Pillar Mister,” a sculpture he made in collaboration with the Dutch artist Maarten Slof using cast-off cardboard boxes. Photo courtesy of the artists
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