Graffiti Harriet (ephemeral)
Dublin Core
Title
Graffiti Harriet (ephemeral)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Anti-slavery movements--United States
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Temporary art
Underground Railroad
Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
Description
A monumental sculpture of Harriet Tubman made of soil, clay, and straw, is scrawled with the words from Frederick Douglass. The sculpture is made from perishable materials, meant to dissolve over the winter. Scott designed the sculpture so that remains will include the beaded patchwork and gun.
Creator
Scott, Joyce J., 1948-
Source
Photograph: Bryan Anselm, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html
Date
October 20, 2017-April 1, 2018
Contributor
Grounds for Sculpture; Lowery Stokes Sims; Patterson Sims; Seph Rodney; Robbye D. and Kevin Apperson; Jacqueline and Rene Copeland; Mike De Paola; Gordon and Lulie Gund; Greg Kucera and Larry Yocum; Barbara Lawrence and Allen Laskin; Martha Macks-Kahn; Henry Thaggert; Alan White; Clifford Ward (resident artist Grounds for Sculpture); Jeff Capes (contractor); Jason Wright; The Seward Johnson Atelier (Hamilton, NJ); John Lash and the Digital Atelier (Mercerville, NJ); and Tim McFadden and McFadden Art Glass (Baltimore, MD)
Rights
Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, New Jersey, 08619, United States
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, New Jersey, 08619, United States
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
180 in. (457.2 cm.)
Collection
Citation
Scott, Joyce J., 1948-, “Graffiti Harriet (ephemeral),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed September 20, 2024, https://mail.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/15.
Geolocation
Item Relations
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