Existing comment:
XLIII
2016
poplar, reclaimed wood, chair, pencil, and various polychrome
Collection of Sandy Berlin
This work commemorates the number of young lives lost to police shootings in the United States during 2015 alone. Here, Farnsworth's architectural "crown," typically seen atop a sculptural portrait and originally intended for The Reconstruction of Saints (on view in the adjacent gallery), instead balances on a school chair. The absence of a portrait signifies loss, and the remaining crown represents the great potential that has been robbed from these young lives. Farnsworth borrowed architectural proportions from Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin, and structural details from various sports stadia. These elements combine to form a radial blur of architectural information, distorted out of recognition. |