{"product_id":"kara-walker-figa-9786185039325","title":"Kara Walker: Figa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritical insight into the gesturing hand piece from Kara Walker's monumental sugar sphinx\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKara Walker's (born 1969) \u003ci\u003eFiga\u003c\/i\u003e, a sculpture monumental in both size and symbol, was installed at the DESTE Foundation's Hydra Slaughterhouse in 2017. Once a part of Walker's colossal 2014 installation \u003ci\u003eA Subtlety\u003c\/i\u003e at the Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn, \u003ci\u003eFiga\u003c\/i\u003e is made up of the hand piece from the anamorphic sphinx that gestures a \"fig sign,\" at once both a symbol of fertility and a \"fuck you.\" In making a return to the site of the Sugar Factory work and the work's progeny in Hydra, this book offers critical insight on \u003ci\u003eA Subtlety\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFiga\u003c\/i\u003e. Through extensive photographic documentation of the installation of the hand sculpture in Hydra by Ari Marcopoulos and seven fables written by Walker illustrating the power of folklore, mythology and black identity across the history of the United States, \u003ci\u003eFiga\u003c\/i\u003e in book form captures a blockbuster exhibition in two parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9786185039325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Kara Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403516539061,"sku":"9786185039325","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d862f5c1-1241-434c-ba38-8badf5d761ae.jpg?v=1774969507","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kara-walker-figa-9786185039325","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}