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| Gabriel Koren |
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El-Hajj Malik Shabazz, Malcolm X
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Completion Date:
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1997
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Medium:
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Bronze Sculpture
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Dimensions:
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76" x 35" x 38"
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Location:
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Audubon Ballroom
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Address:
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3940 Broadway, Manhattan
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Architect:
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Davis, Brody, Bond
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Sponsor Agency:
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Economic Development Corporation
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Design Agency:
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n/a
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Art Commission Award for Excellence in Design, 1996
The focus of Gabriel Koren's career has been to sculpt the leaders, artists, thinkers, and other members of the African diaspora whose lives and work have impacted contemporary life on national and international levels. Gabriel Koren was commissioned to create the first public sculpture of Malcolm X in New York City. The artist has created a life-sized, bronze sculpture of Malcolm X positioned to look as if he is speaking to the people visiting the ballroom.
About the Artist...
Born in Hungary, Koren received her MFA at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. She has exhibited her work in New York since 1984. Koren created the first public sculpture of Malcolm X in the former Audubon Ballroom in Harlem at the site of his assassination. In 2009 her sculpture of Prudence Crandall with Student was installed in the lobby of the State Capitol in Hartford, CT.
In 1997 she was the recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award. She has also taught sculpture at the National Academy of Design, and at City College of New York.
Koren lives and works in New York City.
Artist Quote...
The commissions to create the public sculptures of Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass in Harlem were the greatest honor and greatest responsibility I have received in my life. My goal was to create sculptures representing two great African American historical figures. I hope my work will add to the memories of the two great men.
