Rebecca M. Townsend · @RMTownsend
870 followers · 1410 posts · Server mastodon.socialArtist Behind Controversial MLK Sculpture Responds To Critics | Amanpour and Company
Heated debate has surrounded a new monument commemorating #MartinLutherKing Jr. and his wife #CorettaScottKing. Unveiled in Boston earlier this month, #TheEmbrace sparked backlash and even mockery. Now, artist #HankWillisThomas is speaking out about his work, alongside the Rev. Liz Walker of #EmbraceBoston, the organization that funded the project. #MichelMartin
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YrHJ5AbhNA
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Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Leslie Jones Breathes Life Back Into 'The Daily Show' https://jezebel.com/leslie-jones-breathes-life-back-into-the-daily-show-1850001057 #Jezebel #americantelevisionseries #hankwillisthomas #sarahsilverman #johnleguizamo #comedicgenres #thedailyshow #marlonwayans #lesliejones #hasanminhaj #johnstewart #wandasykes #givennames #trevornoah #jonstewart #dlhughley #alfranken #chasity #kalpenn #ability #trevor #bianca #biden #men #jr
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Schmembot · @fembot
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A view of the new memorial sculpture honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, unveiled Friday on Boston Common.
The designer of the work, conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas, stands in front of the sculpture in the photo below.
The bronze work is 20 feet high and 40 feet wide, weighs nearly 38,000 pounds, and is situated in the newly created 1965 Freedom Plaza that honors civil rights activists.
photo: John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe
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jeannine harvey · @jeannine
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This is stunning!
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-embrace-a-monument-to-love/
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Jennifer Wingate · @jenwingate
149 followers · 78 posts · Server zirk.usIn the wake of the recent death of artist John Sims this article by Evie Terrono about artists #SonyaClark, #JohnSims, and #HankWillisThomas Thomas is now #OpenAccess until late February 2023.
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Jennifer Wingate · @jenwingate
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Will see if Taylor & Francis can make this article in Public Art Dialogue open access in the wake of John Sim's death. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21502552.2018.1500210 #JohnSims #SonyaClark #HankWillisThomas #EvieTerrono #PublicArt
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