HARRY BARTNICK

Humanoma: Weapon of (Bio)Mass Destruction (Arboricide).  Machine for grabbing and cutting large trees at their base, used for clear-cutting forests; a massive machine controlled by an operator in a tiny cabin.

Monstrous machine used to grab and sever large tree trunks, raising its "claws" to the sky. In a small, glass booth the diminutive driver is at the controls.

Weapon of (Bio)Mass Destruction (Arboricide), oil on panel, 44 1/2 x 30 inches

Monstrous machine used to grab and sever large tree trunks, raising its "claws" to the sky. In a small, glass booth the diminutive driver is at the controls, detail

Weapon of (Bio)Mass Destruction, DETAIL

Monstrous machine used to grab and sever large tree trunks, raising its "claws" to the sky. In a small, glass booth the diminutive driver is at the controls. Detail of the driver in a glass booth.

Weapon of (Bio)Mass Destruction, DETAIL

Monstrous machine used to grab and sever large tree trunks, raising its "claws" to the sky. In a small, glass booth the diminutive driver is at the controls. Detail of "claws".

Weapon of (Bio)Mass Destruction, DETAIL

Monstrous machine used to grab and sever large tree trunks, raising its "claws" to the sky. In a small, glass booth the diminutive driver is at the controls. Detail

Weapon of (Bio)Mass Destruction, DETAIL

Monstrous machine used to grab and sever large tree trunks, raising its "claws" to the sky. In a small, glass booth the diminutive driver is at the controls. Detail of eye-like rubber rollers.

Weapon of (Bio)Mass Destruction, DETAIL

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