Sanford Biggers Instagram – Cheshire (Janus) (2023) is currently on view from the High Line- between the 23rd and 26th street entrances 🙏🏿
“This wide grin—a Cheshire Cat smile-is a frequent motif in Biggers’s oeurve. Employed throughout his work in sculpture, his video practice, and in his quilt-based Codex works-and presented at varying levels of legibility— the work makes reference to Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire cat as well as the racist caricatures of 19th-century minstrel shows. Biggers complicates and questions these signifiers, ultimately offering new understandings of collective mythologies and traditions.” – @marianneboeskygallery
Cheshire (Janus), 2023. Unique within a series. Aluminum, plexiglass, LEDs, timer. 30 1/2 Ă— 51 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches, 77.5 x 155.6 x 32.4
#studiosanfordbiggers #janus #cheshirecat #coded #history Highline | Posted on 23/Dec/2023 05:07:28