2 thoughts on “Thomas J. Price at Hauser & Wirth and Times Square”
This exhibit brings to mind Augusta Savage, a sculptor active (and well recognized) during the Harlem Renaissance. She died at 70 in obscurity, much like Zora Neale Hurston.
Price’s figures seem waiting, mute, passive, in heroic scale. Maybe the scale is important because the people depicted usually don’t get noticed. I understand that Price is English, and that according to the website I visited, there were only 2 public works statues in the country depicting black people until his works were made and displayed.
I am also thinking about your posting of the Charles Ray show, in particular the romanticized figures of Huck and Jim.
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This exhibit brings to mind Augusta Savage, a sculptor active (and well recognized) during the Harlem Renaissance. She died at 70 in obscurity, much like Zora Neale Hurston.
Price’s figures seem waiting, mute, passive, in heroic scale. Maybe the scale is important because the people depicted usually don’t get noticed. I understand that Price is English, and that according to the website I visited, there were only 2 public works statues in the country depicting black people until his works were made and displayed.
I am also thinking about your posting of the Charles Ray show, in particular the romanticized figures of Huck and Jim.
Thanks for your discussion in the forum.
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Cool!
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