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(African-American Experience Installation), (sculpture). Artist:  Smith, Charles, 1936- , sculptor. Title:  (African-American Experience Installation), (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Mixture of concrete and straw, stone, metal, and wood. Description:  A continually growing compilation of sculptures representing African American history and culture. Included are depictions of a ship of enslaved individuals, Shaka Zulu, Rodney King, Harriet Tubman, Marcus Garvey, Nat Turner, Mother of Aparthied, the Somalia Memorial, the Sharpville Massacre, Crispus Attucks, Emmett Till, Mothers against Gangs, and more. Subject:  Ethnic -- African American History -- United States -- Black History Figure group Allegory -- Civic -- Injustice State of Being -- Evil -- Violence Portrait female -- Tubman, Harriet Portrait male -- King, Rodney Portrait male -- Turner, Nat Portrait male -- Garvey, Marcus Portrait male -- Till, Emmett Portrait male -- Attucks, Crispus Homage -- King, Martin Luther, Jr. History -- United States -- Vietnam War Object Type:  Folk Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Aurora Sculpture Owner:  Smith, Charles, Kendall & North Streets, P. O. Box 334, Aurora, Illinois 60505 Remarks:  IAS files contain a letter by Charles Smith proposing an African-American Cultural Heritage Center in Aurora and a newspaper article from the Beacon-News about the works around his house; the article contains photographs. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1993. 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 IL000114   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IL000114 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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