North Rim Temple, 2023
Kay WalkingStick's 2023 work North Rim Temple has been acquired by The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
Over a career spanning six decades, WalkingStick's practice has focused on the American Landscape and its metaphorical significances to Native Americans and people across the world. Across each landscape work, WalkingStick overlays a traditional Native American design upon the surface. Reading as an abstract guide, the design is drawn from Native American people who live in the area. North Rim Temple depicts the Grand Canyon and the pattern on the right side of the diptych refers to a pattern based on a Moapa Paiute basket pattern. WalkingStick looks to these designs because they are set out on a grid, making them a powerful structural tool. The shapes are kept the same, but the colors are changed to complement and interact with the vista behind.
Over a career spanning six decades, WalkingStick's practice has focused on the American Landscape and its metaphorical significances to Native Americans and people across the world. Across each landscape work, WalkingStick overlays a traditional Native American design upon the surface. Reading as an abstract guide, the design is drawn from Native American people who live in the area. North Rim Temple depicts the Grand Canyon and the pattern on the right side of the diptych refers to a pattern based on a Moapa Paiute basket pattern. WalkingStick looks to these designs because they are set out on a grid, making them a powerful structural tool. The shapes are kept the same, but the colors are changed to complement and interact with the vista behind.
February 15, 2025