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ArtPhotosDesk , 4 months ago to blackmastodon

Sculptor Richard Hunt, who died last December, had a career that spanned roughly 70 years, with his work appearing in museums and public spaces across the country, and was the first African American sculptor to have a retrospective at MOMA. Block Club Chicago's Rachel Hinton talked to artists who were inspired by his extraordinary life and work. "I would walk past his monument[s] every day — it’s kind of like the pinnacle of what I wanted to be,” sculptor Faheem Majeed says. “Richard is who I wanted to be at a certain point in my life before I even met him.”

h/t to @horrorboutique, who alerted us to Block Club Chicago's Black History series.

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georgiamuseum , 4 months ago

@ArtPhotosDesk @horrorboutique @blackmastodon An all-time great. We really enjoyed getting to visit with him when we organized an exhibition of his work. You can see/listen to a conversation with him here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFV0x4TjPBY