Katy Schimert

Icarus and The World Trade Center, David Zwirner

Introduction

Installation Views

Installation views of Icarus and The World Trade Center, 1998, David Zwirner Gallery, New York. Front room from left to right: Untitled (five drawings: Icarus Falls into the Shadow of the World Trade Center), 1988; Untitled (manhattan); The Sun, 1998

Installation view, middle room: Icarus and The World Trade Center, 1998.

Installation view, back room. On floor: Sun Spots, 1998. On wall: Shadow of the World Trade Center, 1998.

Individual Works

Untitled (manhattan), 1998, ink and pastel on paper, 17 x 24 inches
Untitled (sun drawing for glass sculpture), ink, pastel and plastilina on paper, 17 x 23 inches
The Sun, 1998, blown glass, 96 x 96 x 18 inches
Untitled (five drawings: Icarus Falls into the Shadow of the World Trade Center), 1988, ink, pastel and plastilina on paper, 17 x 24 inches (each drawing)
Untitled (five drawings: Icarus Falls into the Shadow of the World Trade Center), 1988, ink, pastel and plastilina on paper, 17 x 24 inches (each drawing)
Untitled (five drawings: Icarus Falls into the Shadow of the World Trade Center), 1988, ink, pastel and plastilina on paper, 17 x 24 inches (each drawing)
Untitled (five drawings: Icarus Falls into the Shadow of the World Trade Center), 1988, ink, pastel and plastilina on paper, 17 x 24 inches (each drawing)
Untitled (five drawings: Icarus Falls into the Shadow of the World Trade Center), 1988, ink, pastel and plastilina on paper, 17 x 24 inches (each drawing)
Shadow of the World Trade Center, 1998, wall drawing: pastel, plexiglass, cellophane, 86 x 96 x 5 inches
Sunspots, 1998, terracotta with 18 kt. gold luster, table: 18 x 4 x 2 feet
Detail view of Sunspots, 1998.
Detail view of Sunspots, 1998.
Detail view of Sunspots, 1998.
Detail view of Sunspots, 1998.

Untitled (story of the trader), ink, pastel and plastilena on paper, 14 x 17 inches

Untitled (black flower), ink, pastel and plastilina on paper, 14 x 17 inches

Untitled (the swimmer), ink, pastel and plastilina on paper, 14 x 17 inches

Untitled (film shot from the point of view of the dead), 1997, ink, pastel and plastilina on paper, 14 x 17 inches

The Diver I (blue flower), 1997, ink on paper, 14 x 17 inches

The Diver II (suicide volunteer), 1997, ink and watercolor on paper, 14 x 17 inches

The Diver III (blue flower), 1997, ink and watercolor on paper, 14 x 17 inches

The Diver IV (diver), 1997, ink and watercolor on paper, 14 x 17 inches

The Diver V (facing the black flower), 1997, ink, watercolor and plastilina on paper, 14 x 17 inches

The Diver VI (black flower), 1997, Inc, watercolor and plastilena on paper, 14 x 17 inches

Film

Icarus and The World Trade Center, 1998, super 8 film transferred to video (6 minutes, silent). Played by Josh Lucas. Camera by Saam Gabbay

Still from Icarus and The World Trade Center

Reviews

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