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Sherman with Hog's Head

1992

Shelby Lee Adams

(American, b. 1950)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 47.1 x 38 cm (18 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Paper: 50.6 x 40.1 cm (19 15/16 x 15 13/16 in.); Matted: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne S. Leaf 1995.181
Impression
2
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Shelby Lee Adams sensitively explores the documentary possibilities of photography to evoke the grotesque and the heroic sides of the human condition. A native of eastern Kentucky, Adams has returned annually for more than thirty years to a community long disconnected from mainstream contemporary society, recording the lives and complex culture of the people of the Appalachian Mountains. In Sherman with Hog’s Head, the farmer displays a macabre trophy, the result of his professional labor. His pose is familiar-much like anyone showing off an impressive prize-and the two subjects echo one another, smiling in tandem. Sherman’s candid stare and half-smirk beg the question: who is mimicking whom?

Sherman with Hog's Head

1992

Shelby Lee Adams

(American, b. 1950)
America

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