Margo Sawyer: Synchronicity - Kosovo Muse
Margo Sawyer, Synchronicity - Kosovo Muse (Window Installation), 2022
75 x 225 x 6 in.
MSA-102
Margo Sawyer, Synchronicity Spiral, United States Embassy, Pristina, Kosovo, 2018-2019
Hand painted stained glass: float glass, 114 x 12 x 2 1/2 in.
MSA-103
Margo Sawyer’s Synchronicity of Color for Kosovo was a project commissioned by Art in Embassies. Sawyer was chosen for this project because of her record of integrating color and monumentality into public art. It was important that a work be celebratory for this new moment in the history of the young country of Kosovo. Through an initial site visit, gained a brief understanding of the vernacular architecture of Kosovo and was drawn specifically to The National Library of Kosovo, which became a muse for the entire project. While concurrently making a project with Franz Mayer of Munich, Sawyer decided that the work should be made out of glass. Franz Mayer were the perfect collaborators. Their knowledge of architectural glass construction was crucial to the realization of this project. The artwork magically appears from the plaza, the substructure invisible to the eye, as if you are walking into a stained glass window curtain. It is an immersive architectural glass spiral that was inspired by the rhythm of patterns and structures within the National Library of Kosovo in Pristina created by architect Andrija Mutnjaković. Sitting in the middle of the embassy courtyard, the spiral plays with color and light, and stands 9′ tall with a diameter of roughly 15′ wide.
