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The Student Body, (sculpture). Artist:  Balk, Julia, sculptor. Title:  The Student Body, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed Oct. 23, 1990. Dedicated Oct. 1990. Relocated Jan. 1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figures: bronze; Base: brick, concrete and earth. Dimensions:  6 figures. Man with backpack: approx. 45 x 15 x 15 in.; Woman with books: approx. 46 x 12 x 17 in.; Woman with book on head: approx. 48 x 12 x 25 in.; Couple: approx. 45 x 27 x 26 in.; Woman musician: approx. 45 x 17 x 24 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  The work consists of six elongated figures installed in a raised brick base filled with earth and coarse gravel. The figures, representing a cross-section of University students, include a woman carrying a stack of books, an African-American woman with a book on her head, a man with a backpack, a woman carrying a violin case, and a male and female couple walking arm-in-arm. A seventh figure of an African-American male spinning a basketball on his finger (done after University alumnus Michael Jordan) was originally part of the group, but was removed after vandalism. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Education -- Student Ethnic -- African American Object -- Musical Instrument -- Violin Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of North Carolina, University Property Office, Giles Horney Building, Campus Box 1060, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 Located University of North Carolina, Between Hamilton, Manning & Saunders Halls, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Remarks:  Gift of the class of 1985. The cost was $65,000. The sculpture was intended to represent the diversity of the student body at the University. It was originally installed in front of the Davis Library on campus. Some students raised concerns that certain figures perpetuated racist and sexist stereotypes, particularly an African-American male figure with a basketball, and the African-American female figure carrying a book on her head. The sculpture of the male basketball player was damaged by vandals the weekend of Jan. 11, 1991. Shortly afterwards, the sculpture was moved to its current enclosed garden space. IAS files include related articles from the Daily Tar Heel, Oct. 24, 1990, Jan. 14, 1991 and Jan. 15, 1991. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NC000408   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NC000408 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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