Ruins of Empire, 2022
13 feet high x 8 feet wide
In Ruins of Empire the artist reimagines the Statue of Freedom, a historic bronze monument atop the U.S. Capitol Building, as an earthen ruin. Ruins of Empire was commissioned by Public Art Fund and presented as part of Black Atlantic at Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York City. Read more about the work in recent features in The New York Times T Magazine and Monuments Lab Bulletin.

Photos: Nicholas Knight