(2000)
New York City, NY
Stainless Steel
24’ x 18’ x 22’

Public Art Fund, New York City Department of Transportation, John F. Kennedy International Airport 1989, Ferry Terminal Greenport, L.I

Private collection current

Engineering by Z. Knoebel

Described in Artforum as “a monumental, futuristic steel crossbow mounted above a staircase that seems to have come from either a lighthouse or a ship,” Pilot Bridge’s form derives from the ethereal qualities of nature and the hard edge of technology. The sculpture has a granite bolder base and weighs a total of 45,000 pounds. Morrel (b.1950, Amityville, NY) said he envisioned a “sculpture as a vehicle as well as a journey. Pilot Bridge connects two regions; these regions are states of mind. I have envisioned sculpture as a private place which, through scale, context and compassion, can become collective and directed toward the oceanic.”