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Saturday, February 17, 2007
a touch of socialist realism for a new American national memorial
Public Art News has a bit of a weakness for sculptures of Dr Martin Luther King. As the campaign for the national memorial in Washington DC gains strength, more is being published in the US about the final design, including the commission of Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin to create one element - the realistic image of Dr King - of the overall memorial. (We pointed to a Xinhua news story on this in August 06). Judging from the maquette, the work has a distinct air of socialist realism to it. Something to do with the heroic volumes, the figure emerging from the stone. I find that quite satisfying somehow (and hasten to add that the US has its own tradition of social realist art...)
See the full story in the Washington Post here: Chinese Sculptor Picked to Carve Image For King Memorial - washingtonpost.comLabels: USA
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