The Eupholus Bennetti Spiral consists of over 200 of the world’s most interesting beetles, the Eupholus Bennetti found only in Papua New Guinea.

The spiral design imposes on the audience these questions:

• Where is the beginning?
• Where is the center?
• How does the color change, and why?

• The beginning is not at the center, and the center is not in the middle. Where is the center of this piece, or the center of the universe? As humans, we like to feel in control of our world, but the insect world teaches us differently. There are 10 quintillion insects (10 followed by 19 zeros) so we are simply a guest in their house.
  
  
• The color changes because not everything lives. Each beetle is Eupholus but each has a different coloring, having adapted a shade and design that worked well enough in its environment so that it survived. Each time you view the piece, you’ll be able to see a different color. In the center of the piece, the Eupholus have only two colors: alternating deep blue and black. As the circle expands, the color changes to light blue, teal, and black, then to grey, black, and lime-green, then to lime-green and black, then the last seven show an even wider variety of colors ranging from blue to green to striped tan. Each change in color is a successful result of a beetle adapting to changes and therefore, surviving. Understanding why these beetles have adapted these colors helps us to appreciate the way we adapt to changes in our everyday life, making us not too different from an ordinary beetle only found on a remote jungle island.

$3,500.00