Artist Behind Controversial MLK Sculpture Responds To Critics | Amanpour and Company
Heated debate has surrounded a new monument commemorating #MartinLutherKing Jr. and his wife #CorettaScottKing. Unveiled in Boston earlier this month, #TheEmbrace sparked backlash and even mockery. Now, artist #HankWillisThomas is speaking out about his work, alongside the Rev. Liz Walker of #EmbraceBoston, the organization that funded the project. #MichelMartin
#PublicMemory #PublicArt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YrHJ5AbhNA
This is stunning!
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-embrace-a-monument-to-love/
#mlk #hankwillisthomas #sculpture #monument #martinlutherkingjr
"The Embrace," a 22-foot-tall bronze sculpture to be unveiled at Boston Common on January 13, was inspired by a photograph of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King hugging after they learned the civil rights leader had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Correspondent Nancy Giles talks with sculptor Hank Willis Thomas, and with Imari Paris Jeffries, executive director of Embrace Boston, about the effort to create a monument to love, belonging and hope.