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Target Practice
Elizabeth Catlett and Target Practice is one of the most unique images in the Elizabeth Catlett's oeuvre. It is one of only a few male sculptural images that the artist created. Unlike the serene attachment between her mother and child sculptural figures. The cross-hairs on Target Practice is detached and there is a natural tension between the two opposing elements. Viewers are forced to "get out in front of" the obstructive prism or "piece" to engage with the fixated or trapped black man. The image is confrontational by design.1970
Amistad Research Center
New Orleans, United States
Target Practice is one of the most unique images in the Elizabeth Catlett's oeuvre. It is one of only a few male sculptural images that the artist created. Unlike the serene attachment between her mother and child sculptural figures. The cross-hairs on Target Practice is detached and there is a natural tension between the two opposing elements. Viewers are forced to "get out in front of" the obstructive prism or "piece" to engage with the fixated or trapped black man. The image is confrontational by design.
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- Title: Target Practice
- Creator: Elizabeth Catlett, Target Practice is one of the most unique images in the Elizabeth Catlett's oeuvre. It is one of only a few male sculptural images that the artist created. Unlike the serene attachment between her mother and child sculptural figures. The cross-hairs on Target Practice is detached and there is a natural tension between the two opposing elements. Viewers are forced to "get out in front of" the obstructive prism or "piece" to engage with the fixated or trapped black man. The image is confrontational by design.
- Creator Death Place: Cuernavaca, Mexico
- Creator Birth Place: Washington, D.C.
- Date Created: 1970
- Location Created: Unknown
- Physical Dimensions: 20 x 13.5 x 22 in
- Rights: © Copyrighted Disclaimer The Amistad Research Center has included this work in for the purposes of criticism, comment, teaching, scholarship, educational research, all other nonprofit educational usages under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act. Any other use of this image is unauthorized, and users should seek permission of the Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
- Medium: Cast Bronze
- Collection: Amistad Research Center Fine Art Collection
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