$3,500 ea.
Rick Shaefer, Liberty Head Dismantled
Signed archival pigment print
In Rick Shaefer’s Liberty Head Dismantled, the head of the Statue of Liberty rests on its side amid a backdrop of heavy, industrial steel, as a worker in protective gear uses a torch to disassemble the structure. Shaefer reverses the traditional meaning of construction, using the tools and setting of labor to dismantle a symbol of liberty rather than build it. With no crowds or spectacle to witness the process, the scene carries a quiet, haunting atmosphere, suggesting that the erosion of foundational ideals can happen systematically and without fanfare, leaving us to confront the stark reality of an icon being reduced to its raw materials.
Liberty Head Dismantled, 2018
Rick Shaefer
Signed archival pigment print
36 x 31.5 inches (paper size)
$3500
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