{"id":10128,"date":"2023-01-13T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=10128"},"modified":"2025-02-14T21:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T02:56:41","slug":"simone-leigh-in-hear-me-now-the-black-potters-of-old-edgefield-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/13\/simone-leigh-in-hear-me-now-the-black-potters-of-old-edgefield-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Leigh at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simone Leigh\u2019s monumental \u2018Large Jug\u2019 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>\u2019s exhibition \u2018Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina\u2019 draws on the historic and influential pottery produced by enslaved Africans in Old Edgefield prior to the Civil War.\u00a0 The Met\u2019s current show includes vessels used for food preparation and storage as well as a selection of face jugs, pottery vessels bearing human likenesses and having ritual significance.\u00a0 In Leigh\u2019s version, facial features have been replaced by large cowrie shells that hint at eyes or mouths but also point to the past use of the shells as currency.\u00a0 (On view through Feb 5th<\/sup>, 2023).<\/p>\n

Simone Leigh, Large Jug, glazed stoneware, 62 1\/2 \u00d7 40 3\/4 \u00d7 45 \u00be,\u201921 \u2013 22.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Simone Leigh\u2019s monumental \u2018Large Jug\u2019 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s exhibition \u2018Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina\u2019 draws on the historic and influential pottery produced by enslaved Africans in Old Edgefield prior to the Civil War.\u00a0 The Met\u2019s current show includes vessels used for food preparation and storage as … <\/p>\n

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