{"product_id":"shape-of-power-stories-of-race-and-american-sculpture","title":"Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major new survey of American sculpture, exploring how it both reflects and redefines concepts of race and identity in the United States\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow does American sculpture intersect with the history of race in the United States? The three-dimensional qualities of sculpture give it a distinct advantage over other art forms in capturing a subject's likeness, and our minds can swiftly conjure a body and racialize it from the most minimal of prompts. \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Power\u003c\/i\u003e examines the role of American sculpture, from the nineteenth century to today, in understanding and constructing the concept of race in the United States and how this medium has shaped the way generations have learned to visualize and think about race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the relationship between sculpture and ideas about race in the United States, this book provides fresh perspectives on artists ranging from Hiram Powers, Edmonia Lewis, and Augusta Savage to Barbara Chase-Riboud, Titus Kaphar, Raven Halfmoon, Sanford Biggers, Betye Saar, Yolanda López, and Simone Leigh. It reveals how sculptors use this versatile medium to challenge discriminatory ideologies and entrenched social and cultural constructions of race while offering bold new visions of community, identity, and selfhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing superb illustrations of sculptural works in a broad range of media, \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Power\u003c\/i\u003e contributes new scholarship to the understudied field of American sculpture, which hasn't been the subject of a major publication survey in more than fifty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC\u003cbr\u003eNovember 8, 2024-September 14, 2025","brand":"Jami Powell, Karen Lemmey, Tobias Wofford, Grace Yasumura, Elizabeth Hutchinson, Claudia E Zapata, James Smalls, Renée Ater, Jacqueline Francis, Tess Korobkin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46349779599596,"sku":"9780691261492","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780691261492.jpg?v=1744169386","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/shape-of-power-stories-of-race-and-american-sculpture","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}