Graffiti Harriet (Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ)

Graffiti Harriet (Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ)

Subject (Topic)
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

A monumental sculpture of Harriet Tubman made of soil, clay, and straw, is scrawled with the words from Frederick Douglass. The sculpture is made from perishable materials, meant to dissolve over the winter. Scott designed the sculpture so that remains will include the beaded patchwork and gun.

Scott, Joyce J., 1948-

October 20, 2017-April 1, 2018

Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, New Jersey, 08619, United States

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English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, New Jersey, 08619, United States

180 in. (457.2 cm.)

Soil, clay, straw, resin gun with beads, and found objects

Princethal, Nancy. "Inspired by Harriet Tubman: An Artist Takes Glass to Extremes." New York Times, January 4, 2018. Accessed April 1, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html.

Dube, Ilene. "I Was an Artist in Vitro": Joyce J. Scott and Her Darkly Beautiful Art. Hyperallergic, January 30, 2018. Accessed April 1, 2018. https://hyperallergic.com/423894/i-was-an-artist-in-vitro-joyce-j-scott-and-her-darkly-beautiful-art/.

Renée Ater

Sculpture

180 in. (457.2 cm.)