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Powerful Figures
How do these artists explore new ideas using a traditional subject?
Looking at a sculpture can be a powerful experience. Sculptures exist in the same physical space that we do—they are three-dimensional. Artists have made sculptures depicting the human form for thousands of years. But today's sculptors make representations of people to help us reconsider our world. In Feeling Material XIV, Antony Gormley explores the human figure and our relationship with the physical space around us. Kiki Smith stylizes the female form in Singer to demonstrate that women are more than objects of beauty. In Planets in My Head, Physics, Yinka Shonibare combines motifs associated with multiple cultures to explore the ways cultures can influence one another.
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