Blackwell’s Patience
2007
ART_0495
Medium
Here: lauan, poplar, epoxy, fiberglass tape, polyure, paint pen; There: aluminum, steel, glass
Dimensions
Here: 8' x 3' x 18"; There: 5' x 18" x 6"
Seen from across the water from a fixed telescope, this installation spans the East River, visually and narratively connecting Roosevelt Island to the Park’s rocky waterfront. The hand-built boat that appears to have washed in on the tide is part fact, part fantasy — both physically present and drawn from the imagination. It is a small portal, a peripheral component, of the artist’s film-based work also entitled Blackwell’s Patience.
