Haddaway’s memories of his father as a stoic, silent, and formal man lead to the creation of this piece. The ‘wall’ in the piece speaks of the culture in which men are not encouraged to share their emotional experience. For Haddaway, his relationship with his father was limited because of their inability to connect deeply.

Ed Haddaway is a fine arts sculptor based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, currently working primarily with steel. Since a very young age Ed Haddaway has been engaged in the making of objects, which in many respects have a life of their own. These pieces are often seen as part of an internal landscape and are a distillation and a reflection of his external world.