Simone Leigh, Brick House, 2019 ELEPHANT

Towering bronze sculpture installed at the entrance to Penn’s campus

Of these 59 public artworks, Simone Leigh's Brick House is the first by an African-American woman to be installed on the grounds of our campus-a remarkable, catalytic reckoning with the belatedness of the University.

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The artist Simone Leigh working on her sculpture "Brick House," which will be displayed on the High Line in Manhattan starting in April. Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times By Robin.

Simone Leigh Brick House at High Line Plinth The Culture Files

Simone Leigh's Brick House officially dedicated on campus During Homecoming Weekend, President Amy Gutmann celebrated with the Penn community the 'dazzling,' 'daring,' and 'dramatic' sculpture—one that is transformational for the University.

Simone Leigh, Brick House, 2019 ELEPHANT

Not only is Simone Leigh the first black woman to represent the United States at the 59th Venice Biennale, the oldest and most important international exhibition of contemporary art, but she also won the Golden Lion award for the best participant in the central exhibition, curated by Cecilia Alemani.

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For the High Line, Simone Leigh presents "Brick House," a 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman. This video shows the installation process and the sculpt.

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Profiles The Monumental Success of Simone Leigh Recognition for the American sculptor, who is representing the U.S. at the Venice Biennale, may have come late but it seems foreordained. By.

Simone Leigh Proved to Me That Black Women Can Claim Space in a Hostile

June 5, 2019 - May 2021 Location On the High Line at the Spur, at 30th St. and 10th Ave. Simone Leigh presents Brick House, a 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman with a torso that combines the forms of a skirt and a clay house. The sculpture's head is crowned with an afro framed by cornrow braids, each ending in a cowrie shell.

Giant Sculpture "Brick House" by Simone Leigh Towers Over the Newest

When originally presented at the High Line in New York City in 2019, Brick House, a monumental bronze bust of a Black woman whose skirt resembles a clay house, towered, goddess-like, over Manhattan's busy 10th Avenue.

Simone Leigh’s Brick House On The High Line The Worley Gig

April 4, 2019 Walk up 10th Avenue toward 30th Street and you may notice someone — or rather, something — gazing down at you. Look up and you will see "Brick House," a towering bronze bust by.

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Brick House Artist Simone Leigh (b. 1967) Year 2019; installed 2020 Location Woodland Walk at 34th and Walnut Streets Medium Bronze figure Dimensions Height 16'; base diameter 9' Themes Black and African American Themes and Artists, Women and Public Art Gift of Penn alumni Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman to the University of Pennsylvania

Brick House (2019) Bronze Sculpture by Simone Leigh, High Line Park

For the High Line, Simone Leigh presents "Brick House," a 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman. This video shows the installation process and the sculpture in place on the Spur, the newest section of the High Line. Learn more. Please enter a valid email address! Thanks for signing up, we'll be in touch soon!.

Simone Leigh in New York Sculpture

The first one, announced today by High Line Art, will be Brick House, a monumental sculpture by American artist Simone Leigh. The sculpture will debut in April 2019 and remain on view through.

Simone Leigh Brick House Coming to the High Line Plinth GothamToGo

By High Line Art | January 14, 2019 Brick House, Simone Leigh's commission for the inaugural High Line Plinth, is a monumental 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman whose skirt resembles a clay house.

A Sculpture Falls The Trouble With Problematic Public Statues

"Brick House" is the first of a rotating series of commissions for the High Line Plinth, located on the High Line at 30th Street and 10th Avenue. The sculpture was fabricat.more.more This.

An African Marvel The Diasporic Symbolism of Simone Leigh's Brick

In April 2019 Simone Leigh installed Brick House, on the High Line, an elevated park that threads through the west side of Manhattan. Her first monumental sculpture, it is 16 feet tall. The work fuses the body of a Black woman with a teleuk, a domed house made by the Mousgoum people of Cameroon and Chad.

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Brick House is a 16-foot (4.9 m) tall bronze bust of a black woman by Simone Leigh, installed along New York City 's High Line from 2019 to 2021. [2] [3] [4] [5] Another edition of the sculpture was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania and installed at the campus' main entrance in November 2020.