Walter Robinson – #1

$6,800

SKU: 24666

Artwork Description

Walter Robinson – #1

Dimensions: 70 x 10.5 x 4″ finished size
Year: 2019
Medium: wood, hay hook, handcuffs

About his work Walter says, “Through my work, I look at the ways that humanity can work against its own best interests. The studio offers me a laboratory for processing the cultural and political issues we’re confronting, using satire, irony and sympathy in equal parts. Slowly crafting and assembling pieces allows me to channel my emotional responses into visual and physical metaphors. For me, the job of being an artist involves drawing connections between disparate and unlikely parts. In the process, I search for antidotes for human moral failure, making mistakes but ultimately finding balance and resolution. Creation is a natural process; when all other human forms of vanity and arrogance fail us, to quote Walt Whitman, ‘Nature remains.’”

“The fragmented snake tattoo that starts at the top of this sculpture and winds down the handle in 50 segments—representing America’s current 50 states— is based on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 “Join Or Die” engraving. Franklin’s political cartoon was meant to encourage the colonies to join together against England. Today, America is again divided; this piece is a call to come together to paddle against the currents of a political “Shit Creek.”

Walter Robinson’s works have been featured in numerous museum exhibitions and are held in choice museum collections. Among these museums are the Crocker Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; San Jose Museum of Art; Sheldon Museum of Art; Chaney Family Collection; diRosa Preserve; Nevada Museum of Art; Djerassi Foundation; New Mexico Museum of Art; Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe.

Walter Robinson’s works have been featured in numerous museum exhibitions and are held in choice museum collections. Among these museums are the Crocker Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; San Jose Museum of Art; Sheldon Museum of Art; Chaney Family Collection; diRosa Preserve; Nevada Museum of Art; Djerassi Foundation; New Mexico Museum of Art; Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe.