Triumph of the Human Spirit | |
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Artist | Lorenzo Pace |
Year | 2000 |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | Black granite |
Location | New York City, New York, United States |
40°42′52″N 74°00′10″W / 40.71445°N 74.00289°W |
Triumph of the Human Spirit is a 2000 black granite sculpture by Lorenzo Pace, installed at Manhattan's Foley Square, in the U.S. state of New York. According to the City of New York, the 50-foot (15 m), 300-ton, abstract monument is derived from the female antelope Chiwara forms of Bambaran art. The sculpture is sited near a rediscovered Colonial-era African Burial Ground, and its support structure alludes to the slave trade's Middle Passage.[1][2] The work was commissioned by the New York City Government program Percent for Art.[3][4]