PERMIAN CORRIDOR is a contemporary sculpture that is 7 x 12 x 22 feet in size. The stones for this piece, averaging three inches in thickness, are set vertically in two rows. The stones came from the Harley Gray Stone Company in Paulden, Arizona. A husband and wife team from Prescott, Rebecca Davis and Roger Asay, did this collaborative work. They have been working together since 1983.
In an e-mail the artists wrote, “We present natural material in a raw form, both as the stuff we make our work with and the subject of it. We try to present the material in a new, fresh and yet clear way.”
They reported that the flagstone hauled through town on large flatbed semis intrigued them. To them the flagstone standing upright with all the jagged edges created complicated patterns as they paraded by.
They named the piece Permian Corridor in reference to a geological period during which sands were layered and compressed beneath mountains to harden into stone sediments. Corridor refers to the sculpture's stones that are arrayed in two rows with straight sides creating a passage for us to walk through. In contrast, notice the edges on the outside are ragged.
The artists also have two works at Stricklin Park in Prescott, called Robert Sullivan Memorial and Stone Circle, Butte Creek. Other public art works by these artists may be found in Tucson, Cottonwood, and Phoenix, AZ. |
