{"product_id":"kara-walker-figa-hardcover","title":"Kara Walker: Figa - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKara Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eDakis Joannou\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eKaren Marta\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritical insight into the gesturing hand piece from Kara Walker's monumental sugar sphinx\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKara Walker's (born 1969) \u003ci\u003eFiga\u003c\/i\u003e, a sculpture monumental in both size and symbol, was installed at the DESTE Foundation's Hydra Slaughterhouse in 2017. Once a part of Walker's colossal 2014 installation \u003ci\u003eA Subtlety\u003c\/i\u003e at the Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn, \u003ci\u003eFiga\u003c\/i\u003e is made up of the hand piece from the anamorphic sphinx that gestures a \"fig sign,\" at once both a symbol of fertility and a \"fuck you.\" In making a return to the site of the Sugar Factory work and the work's progeny in Hydra, this book offers critical insight on \u003ci\u003eA Subtlety\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFiga\u003c\/i\u003e. Through extensive photographic documentation of the installation of the hand sculpture in Hydra by Ari Marcopoulos and seven fables written by Walker illustrating the power of folklore, mythology and black identity across the history of the United States, \u003ci\u003eFiga\u003c\/i\u003e in book form captures a blockbuster exhibition in two parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.7 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48288857719033,"sku":"9786185039325","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3zHzDv7x0p9786185039325.webp?v=1776253970","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/kara-walker-figa-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}