{"id":1208,"date":"2022-04-20T17:31:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2022-04-20T17:31:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:31:30","slug":"the-cleveland-museum-of-art-announces-new-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/20\/the-cleveland-museum-of-art-announces-new-acquisitions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Museum of Art announces New Acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 18, 2022: Recent acquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA)<\/em> include a masterpiece by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux<\/em>,\u00a0the foremost\u00a0French sculptor of the Second Empire (1852-1870); a landscape drawing by Netherlandish artist Hans Bol<\/em>; and a Taihu<\/em> stone presented to the museum by contemporary Chinese artist Liu Dan.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux\u2019s\u00a0Why Born Enslaved!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The CMA acquires the original plaster model of celebrated 19th-century sculpture<\/em><\/p>\n

Why Born Enslaved!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is one of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux\u2019s most iconic, signature works. It depicts a bound African woman looking defiantly upward. The sculpture\u2019s original, polychromed surface is covered with complex, nuanced hatchings and subtle modeling that enhance the expressive power of the figure.\u00a0While there are other versions of the sculpture in museum collections in the United States and Europe, scrapings and marks on the surface of the plaster indicate the work the CMA has acquired is the master model from which the other versions were produced.<\/p>\n

The figure in\u00a0Why Born Enslaved!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>is depicted in a series of explosive forms and dramatic silhouettes. Her expression, movement and surface seem to palpitate with life. Although slavery had been abolished in France since 1848, it remained a contested issue in Carpeaux\u2019s lifetime as France was expanding its colonies into north Africa where the practice continued. The American Civil War provided fresh inspiration to abolitionists. The vigor of the figure\u2019s twisting form and the intensity of her gaze underscore the gravity of the subject and the intensity of abolitionist sentiment of the period.<\/p>\n

Why Born Enslaved!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will have enormous impact on the CMA\u2019s collection due to its powerful aesthetic qualities, its formidable stance on one of the most pressing social and political issues of the 19th century and the relevance of its subject today. There is only one other known version with a similar polychromed surface, a half size reduction at the Brooklyn Museum.<\/p>\n

Why Born Enslaved!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will allow the CMA to host complex conversations through artworks that provoke painful histories and challenge conventional historical narratives. When the sculpture goes on view later this spring, it will feature an interpretive framework that considers the unnamed sitter, what she represented when the bust was created and her relevance now. By highlighting her place in a global lineage of colonial images of Black women, as well as in the contemporary scholarship and museum practice that seeks to name or otherwise identify sitters like her, the model\u2019s status as both living person and allegorical figure will allow viewers to reckon with the power imbalances that existed even in the creation of abolitionist art.<\/p>\n

Why Born Enslaved!,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>1868. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827-1875). Plaster, original polychromed surface; h. 67 cm (26-1\/2 in.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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