Skywalker/Skyscraper
Marie Watt in her Brooklyn, NY studio
2012 Sold
Skywalker/Skyscraper
2012 Sold
Skywalker/Skyscraper (Allegory)
2012 reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding and thread 119" x 228" Sold
Skywalker/Skyscraper (Axis Mundi)
2012 reclaimed wool blankets and steel 8' x 20" x 22" Sold
Skywalker/Skyscraper (Babel)
2012 reclaimed wool blankets and steel 8' x 20" x 22" Sold
Skywalker/Skyscraper (First Light)
2012 reclaimed wool blankets and thread 20" x 40 3/4" Available
Skywalker/Skyscraper (Flag)
2012 reclaimed wool blankets and thread 8 1/2" x 16" On Hold
Skywalker/Skyscraper (Portal)
2012 reclaimed wool blankets and thread 90" x 228" Sold
Skywalker/Skyscraper (Range of Light)
2012 reclaimed wool blankets and thread 35" x 69" Sold
Skywalker/Skyscraper (Stadium)
2012 reclaimed wool blankets, thread 17" x 33" Sold
Skywalker/Skyscraper installation
2012 Sold
Artists
Statement
Two years ago, I moved from the Brooklyn neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, to the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
The conifers and totem poles of my Pacific Northwest upbringing have been replaced by skyscrapers and scaffolds.
One interesting coincidence in moving to Brooklyn is that the border of Cobble Hill (where I live) and Gowanus (where I keep my studio), is where Iroquois ironworkers and their families settled in the 1950s, when most of Manhattan's skyscrapers were being built. These Iroquois were called "skywalkers" due to their ability to work on the high steel without safety harnesses.
I am interested in the mythic and magical space that towers occupy. Skywalker/Skyscraper meditates on the human preoccupation with “reaching” this space, and the long history of myths and stories that emanate from it.