<I>What did I see to be except myself?</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2023
name: label: Created by
content: Kennedy Yanko, American, born 1988
label: Subject of
content: Lucille Clifton, American, 1936 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: An abstract, floating, wall sculpture titled, What did I see to be except myself?, by Kennedy Yanko. The piece is comprised primarily of a found copper sheet and a latex-based paint skin. The copper sheet has a green patina on one side and is partially oxidized to a dark brown on the other. It has been folded, twisted, and crumpled roughly into a funnel shape that exposes the green patina mostly near the top, areas of oxidation near the middle and bottom, as well as some abraded and polished highlights along some of the sculpture's edges and folds. The eggplant purple paint skin drapes over the top left corner of the funnel-shaped copper, winds around the back, bunches and loops around the bottom, and ultimately drapes into a crescent shaped swath over the bottom right side of the copper. Attached to the top back of the sculpture is a flat steel bar that hooks over a wall mount. The bar is held in place with silver tone metal nuts and screws.
place: label: Place made
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Poetry
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: She Is a Verb
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2024.52
objectType: label: Type
content: found object sculpture
label: Type
content: sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kennedy Yanko
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: copper and latex paint with steel and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 77 × 27 × 17 in. (195.6 × 68.6 × 43.2 cm)