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Created during quarantine but using faces and feet crafted 20 years ago, Sharif Bey<\/a>\u2019s small but forceful Boilermaker sculptures layer references to the artist\u2019s personal history as a maker and art history. Formed from a vessel fired with nails and shards to resemble a nkisi nkondi power figure, \u2018Boilermaker: Fidel\u2019 references a working-class beer cocktail and Bey\u2019s father\u2019s job as a Pittsburgh boilermaker.\u00a0 The artist identifies the central focus of his work as an investigation of how power manifests; his hybrid sculptures encourage complex understandings of power and influence. \u00a0(On view at Albertz Benda Gallery<\/a> in Chelsea through March 27th<\/sup>. Masks and social distancing required).<\/p>\n

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Sharif Bey, Boilermaker: Fidel, earthenware and mixed media, 15 x 10 x 9 inches, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Created during quarantine but using faces and feet crafted 20 years ago, Sharif Bey\u2019s small but forceful Boilermaker sculptures layer references to the artist\u2019s personal history as a maker and art history. Formed from a vessel fired with nails and shards to resemble a nkisi nkondi power figure, \u2018Boilermaker: Fidel\u2019 references a working-class beer cocktail … <\/p>\n

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