Gorilla
Artist: Daisy Youngblood (American, born 1945)
Date: 1996
Dimensions:
H: 36 3/8 in. (92.4 cm); W: 36 in. (91.4 cm); Depth: 48 5/16 in. (22.7 cm)
Medium: Cast bronze.
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in honor of Georgia and David K. Welles
Object number: 2000.4
Label Text:Daisy Youngblood’s Gorilla sits alone, powerfully meeting the viewer at eye level. Youngblood deliberately combines animal and human characteristics in her sculptures, explaining: “We’re all about the same thing.” This sculpture plays with the idea of animals as mediators in the process of comprehending ourselves.
The ape’s arms and legs thrust downward, but the limbs are not clearly formed. Instead, they appear to rise from the base of the sculpture to support the bulky body. Like an outcropping of rock, Gorilla seems immovable and ancient, imbued with an air of wisdom.
The ape’s arms and legs thrust downward, but the limbs are not clearly formed. Instead, they appear to rise from the base of the sculpture to support the bulky body. Like an outcropping of rock, Gorilla seems immovable and ancient, imbued with an air of wisdom.
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