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Head Shot

Artist: Joyce J. Scott (American, born 1948)

Date: 2008

Medium: Glass beads and mold-blown glass with thread and bullet casings

Dimensions:

18 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in., 3 lb. (47 × 11.4 × 11.4 cm, 1.4 kg)

Classification: Glass

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: 2016.36.2

Not on view

DescriptionThis sculpture is composed of a transparent green glass bottle made in the shape of a hand holding a gun, with its index finger poised on the trigger. Attached to the top of the barrel of the glass gun is a sculptural representation of a black man’s head, created by threading together mahogany, light brown, cream, and yellow glass beads. The inside of the top of the man’s head is exposed, revealing a concave beaded yellow brain with brown lines. Filling the inside of the green glass bottle are gold-colored bullet casings of various sizes.

Exhibition History"Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths," Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, October 22, 2017 - April 1, 2018.
"Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.

Label textJoyce Scott
American, born 1948
Head Shot, 2008
Glass beads and mold-blown glass with thread and bullet casings
18 ½ x 4 ½ x 4 ½ inches
Museum purchase 2016.36.2

Published References Lowery Stokes Sims and Patterson Sims, _Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths_, (Hamilton, New Jersey: Grounds for Sculpture, 2018), pg. 76-77, fig. 37.

Provenance From the artist to her representing gallery, the Goya Contemporary Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland. Purchased from the Goya Contemporary Gallery in December 2016 by the museum.