Empty Pedestals by Shaun Slifer

A gray drawing on white paper of the top portion of a stone pedestal on a column. Instead of a statue there is a plume of swirls that look like smoke on top of the pedestal. There are wispy clouds in the background sky.
A gray drawing on white paper of a stone monument pedestal with a blank plaque. Instead of a statue there is a plume of smoke-like swirls on top of the pedestal. There are outlines of bushes to either side of the pedestal.
A gray drawing on white paper of a stone monument pedestal. Instead of a statue there is a plume of smoke-like swirls in the shape of a question mark on top of the pedestal. On the front and sides of the pedestal are relief carvings of a 15th century European ship, water waves, and a globe. To either side of the pedestal are outlines of bushes.
A gray drawing on white paper of a stone monument pedestal. Instead of a statue there is a plume of smoke-like swirls on top of the pedestal. Pale yellow dandelions are drawn at the base of the pedestal.
A gray drawing on white paper of a stone monument pedestal. Instead of a statue there is a plume of smoke-like swirls on top of the pedestal. There are outlines of bushes to either side of the pedestal. Pale yellow dandelions peek out from behind the base of the pedestal.

Empty Pedestals by Shaun Slifer

Empty Pedestals: Robert E. Lee, New Orleans, Louisiana (auction page)
Empty Pedestals: Raphael Semmes, Mobile, Alabama
Empty Pedestals: Christopher Columbus, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (auction page)
Empty Pedestals: Christopher Columbus, Richmond, Virginia
Empty Pedestals: Dick Dowling, Houston, Texas (auction page)

Artist: Shaun Slifer

Medium: marker & ink on paper

5.5” x 8.5” (frame: 7” x 10”)

2020

Public statuary pedestals, without their original statuary, drawn during the uprisings of the summer of 2020. Read more about Shaun at the JustSeeds site.

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