【描述】
雕塑、文字和景观相结合，形成了一座重要的新美国民权纪念地。《I AM A MAN PLAZA》是一座大规模的体验式公共雕塑，旨在向1968年关键性的环卫工人罢工成员以及马丁·路德·金博士的遗产致敬。作为民权运动的一个焦点，这次罢工将金博士带到了田纳西州的孟菲斯，在那里他遭到了暗杀。罢工和“I Am a Man!”这个口号代表了孟菲斯及其他地区的贫困工人和种族不平等的斗争。
该景观雕塑以一座位于中央的青铜和不锈钢雕塑为特色，将标志性的“I Am a Man!”口号带入当下。Garten和他的工作室领导了一个设计团队，其中包括来自JPA, Inc.的孟菲斯景观建筑师John Jackson。作为Garten计划的一部分，当地说唱艺术家Steve Fox与更广泛的孟菲斯社区进行了公开对话，并通过由UrbanArt委员会组织的一系列公共研讨会，选择了相关的史料文本并创作了镌刻在大理石大门上的原创现代文本。这些文本共同构成了对自环卫工人和马丁·路德·金在孟菲斯采取历史性立场以来，美国在种族主义和阶级不平等方面所经历的斗争与进步的沉思。
【信息】
《I AM A MAN PLAZA》
照片提供：Jeremy Green
【位置】
毗邻Clayborn Temple，田纳西州孟菲斯市Hernando街
【日期】
2018年
【媒介】
青铜、不锈钢、花岗岩和大理石
【尺寸】
雕塑：高12英尺 x 宽11英尺 x 深4英尺；广场：54,000平方英尺
【委托方】
UrbanArt委员会和孟菲斯市政府
【工程师】
Patrell Engineering, Glendora, CA
【分包商】
JPA Inc., Memphis, TN
Metal Arts Foundry, Lehi, UT
Quarra Stone Company, Madison, WI
【摄影】
Jeremy Green
[www.jeremygreen.com](http://www.jeremygreen.com)
【媒体报道】
公共艺术网络年度回顾奖
公共艺术网络年度回顾奖
《I AM A MAN PLAZA》在明尼阿波利斯美国人艺术协会年度会议上获荣誉
2019年6月14日
美国人艺术协会今天在明尼阿波利斯举行的年度会议上，授予《I AM A MAN PLAZA》2018年度公共艺术网络年度回顾奖项，以表彰其作为杰出的公共艺术项目。
Description
Sculpture, text, and landscape come together to form an important new American Civil Rights Memorial. I AM A MAN Plaza, is a large-scale experiential public sculpture commissioned to pay tribute to the members of the pivotal 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A focal point of the Civil Rights Movement, the strike brought Dr. King to Memphis, Tennessee where he was assassinated. The strike and its I Am a Man! slogan came to represent the struggle of the working poor and racial inequality in Memphis and beyond.
The landscape sculpture features a centrally located bronze and stainless steel sculpture that brings the iconic slogan I AM A MAN into the present. Garten and his studio led a design team with Memphis-based landscape architect John Jackson of JPA, Inc. for the memorial plaza. As part of Garten’s plan, local spoken word artist Steve Fox held an open dialogue with the greater Memphis community, who through a series of public workshops organized by the UrbanArt Commission, selected pertinent historical text and created an original contemporary text that is etched into the marble gates to the plaza’s entry. The texts combine as a meditation on America’s struggle and progress with racism and class inequity since the sanitation workers and Dr. Martin Luther King took their historic stand in Memphis.
Information
I AM A MAN PLAZA
Photo Credit Jeremy Green
Location
Hernando Street, adjacent to Clayborn Temple, Memphis, TN
Date
2018
Medium
Bronze, Stainless Steel, Granite, and Marble
Dimensions
Sculpture 12’ H x 11’ W x 4’ D; Plaza 54,000 square feet
Commissioned by
The UrbanArt Commission and The City of Memphis
Engineer
Patrell Engineering, Glendora, CA
Subcontractor
JPA Inc., Memphis, TN
Metal Arts Foundry, Lehi, UT
Quarra Stone Company, Madison, WI
Photography
Jeremy Green
www.jeremygreen.com
Press
Public Art Network Year in Review Award
Public Art Network Year in Review Award
I AM A MAN Plaza Honored Today at Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in Minneapolis
June 14, 2019
Americans for the Arts today honored I AM A MAN Plaza among outstanding public arts projects created in 2018 through the Public Art Network Year in Review awards program.
