![The Lurid Attack of The Monsters From The Postal News Aug. 1875 (Kabal American Zephyr)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/14noox4g/production/726f2f6e8ee630dbe0be8b2030d3ed998409fae2-1920x1280.jpg?w=2560&sharp=10&q=100&auto=format)
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Set low to the ground at an incline, the construction suggests a fantastic slithery beast – a lizard or dragon – but also calls to mind a cannon or other instrument of war
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For all its menace and intimations of disaster, the The Lurid Attack of The Mosters exerts a lyrical and seductive force. While the saws may have an intimidating effect, the tensile arches are strangely appealing, and the blue and orange paint that enlivens their surfaces establishes a palette that carries through the piece as a whole. Plain and patterned fabrics, some in bright colours, cover the top of the box. On the sides are images, transferred from newspapers and magazines, that allude to a wide range of subjects, from war and destruction to art, nature, and childhood play.
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