Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Harsh Compassion
How to best convey "Social Consciousness" in a sculpture? Perhaps not in the ropey, bronze emaciated style of artist Jacob Epstein, a 1950s bronze of five cloth-draped figures.
- Address:
- 3420 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA
- Directions:
- On the south side of the Van Pelt Library, just east of S. 36th St.
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A large statue titled "Social Consciousness," by the artist Jacob Epstein, is meant to portray tenderness and compassion -- but its unusual appearance may convey the opposite.
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