Barbara Chase-Riboud created this monumental sculpture by combining angled bronze forms with bundles
Barbara Chase-Riboud created this monumental sculpture by combining angled bronze forms with bundles of wrapped and knotted fibers. The artist was living in Paris at the time, having moved there in 1960 from her birthplace of Philadelphia. Even though she was abroad, the events of the civil rights movement in the US greatly affected Chase-Riboud and inspired her to dedicate a series of sculptures to the Black Muslim minister and activist Malcolm X. “Malcolm X #3” is a tribute to and celebration of the leader, rather than an icon of mourning. The series was not meant to represent the man in a literal sense or to lament his assassination. The artist instead created the sculptures on an aesthetic basis and dedicated them to Malcolm X as an historical person.See this sculpture on view in our new exhibition “Elegy: Lament in the 20th Century.”“Malcolm X #3,” 1969, by Barbara Chase-Riboud © Barbara Chase Riboud -- source link
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