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RA 054
Carol Brown Goldberg
On view
Outdoor Sculpture
American, born 1940
RA 054
2011
bronze
Gift of anonymous donor, 2011.1
83 x 53 x 25 inches
Washington-area artist Carol Brown Goldberg started this series of sculptures during the 2008 presidential election. To process watching the debates, the artist began making playful and absurd figures with found objects and bits of machinery. She describes the process of creating these works as entering “a meditative, rhythmic state.” Goldberg ended up producing 150 small sculptures within weeks. For RA 054, Goldberg fabricated two objects in bronze, transforming the figures on a monumental scale.