<I>We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space: The Stoop</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2020
name: label: Created by
content: Sekou Cooke, Jamaican American
notes: label: Description
content: A sculpture installation, The Stoop, from Sekou Cooke’s “We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space." The sculpture is comprised of two parts, a plywood and concrete stoop (a) and a five-sided, building-shaped concrete block (b).
label: Description
content: The stoop consists of a concrete stoop placed over a plywood base. The base is made of layered laminate plywood, with a narrow platform or landing at the top of a set of five stairs. The concrete portion fits over the steps, from the top landing step to the ground, and has a wall on the proper left side that rests on the ground . The concrete shows a worn and chipped surface, as a well-used stoop would. On top of the plywood landing are four model building structures, one taller structure made of plywood and translucent plastic and three smaller adjacent 3D resin orange structures. The orange structures have black-and-white printed images applied on the outer surface, with the middle structure having two images on opposite walls. At the bottom edge of the plywood stoop, directly below the four -shaped structures, two pentagonal, building-shaped insets are carved into the plywood. The shape of the concrete block also reflects a building structure, with four straight sides leading to a pointed roof but it sits next to the structure, not matching either inset.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Urban planning
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sekou Cooke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.63.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: stoops
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sekou Cooke
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: (a) concrete, plywood, PLA acrylic
label: Medium
content: (b) concrete
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a, model): 43 5/16 × 30 × 100 in., 1000 lb. (110 × 76.2 × 254 cm, 453.6 kg)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b, concrete block): 11 1/4 × 8 × 5 in. (28.6 × 20.3 × 12.7 cm)