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This tower of blankets embodies the memories of individuals, responding to an open call, who donated them to artist Marie Watt<\/a> during the pandemic.\u00a0 Now a highlight of Watt\u2019s retrospective, \u2018Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt\u2019 at Print Center New York<\/a>, the stack is reminiscent of mid-century minimalism but favors warm materials and personal associations over cold, fabricated components.\u00a0 Watt\u2019s stacks are sometimes accompanied by metal I-beams that reference her fellow Seneca citizens\u2019 work in New York\u2019s steel industry, while her use of textiles refer to Native American practice of gifting blankets at important life events.\u00a0 Watt\u2019s other signature forms (ladders and looping dream catchers) and nods to cultural figures like Marvin Gaye and Jasper Johns broader her own story, celebrating cultural interconnectedness.<\/p>\n

Marie Watt, Blanket Stories: Great Grandmother, Pandemic, Daybreak, reclaimed blankets and cedar, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This tower of blankets embodies the memories of individuals, responding to an open call, who donated them to artist Marie Watt during the pandemic.\u00a0 Now a highlight of Watt\u2019s retrospective, \u2018Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt\u2019 at Print Center New York, the stack is reminiscent of mid-century minimalism but favors warm materials and personal associations … <\/p>\n

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