In the wake of TACTICAL parallax, Matthew Barney’s AIR 2025 performance, ZONE DEFENSE: Old Snowmass Parallax extends the artist’s ongoing exploration of endurance, mythology, and material transformation. Installed on the grounds of a ranch adjacent to the original performance site, the large-scale sculpture occupies a field marked by diagonal axes that converge at its center, recalling the spatial logic of both athletic play and parallax. Cast in stainless steel and aluminum, two abstract forms appear suspended in near collision, joined by the jerseys of NFL players Darryl Stingley and Jack Tatum. Referencing the violent 1978 impact that left Stingley paralyzed, the work reflects on systemic violence, historical memory, and the power structures embedded within the mythology of the American West.
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