This is a piece by Susan Hagen, titled This is real. I think its a very interesting piece because she is documenting a real person she has seen around Philadelphia. She is like the sculptural equivalent to Norman Rockwell. She wants to document people as they are. Not necessarily pretty or dressed in fine clothes but for the characters that they are. I think it is really brave of an artist to create something so ordinary. I don't know who would buy these, ( not me personally) but it feels like if one rich person would, they could suddenly become collectors items, and could take off for being a means to document our time and place in this world. They are very beautiful in their own way. This face is sculpted so that each wrinkle and line in the mans face is apparent and his clear shiny eyes are smiling in a way. I think it is a very cool idea to scuplt society as it is, without all the bells and whistles.
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