In this work we see Willie Cole’s genius for building a cohesive composition using multiples of a single object. Plastic water bottles are scrunched and conjoined, then covered in yellow epoxy. The extremely unnatural materials and methods Cole used to make this piece are in conflict with the work’s organic appearance, which resembles a plate overflowing with banana slices, or perhaps a bed of yellow flowers. The dot-like matrix of this work recalls one of the earliest inspirations behind Cole’s desire to work with multiples: Georges Seurat, the painter. Seurat is credited with the invention of pointillism, a visual position in which tiny dots of color are placed next to each other to give the illusion of solid forms. Seurat was inspired by nature. We live in a world of particles; even though we see solids, it’s an illusion. Where Seurat used multiples of a single dot of paint to achieve his effects, Cole uses multiples of a single object. Like Seurat, Cole’s intention is to create new ways for people to see. “Seurat was a perceptual engineer,” Cole says. “That’s also what I call myself.”