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Market St. Series V
Market St. Series V

Market St. Series V

Artist (American, born 1980)
Date2006
MediumMold-blown glass and oil paint
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 11 × 9 in. (50.8 × 27.9 × 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Leon and Margaret Ellin, 2024
Object number2024.38.23
This sculpture is from Oben Abright’s acclaimed series featuring portraits of homeless individuals. The artist considers glass to be a powerful medium for conveying the fragility of life as well as the interior emotional realm and luminous presence of humans. Its title, Market Street V, is a geographical reference to a street nearby the artist’s studio in San Francisco. Abright treated each figure study with a compassionate focus on the person’s emotional state, while also aiming to create an accurate portrayal of their physical appearance. The artist’s intent is to inspire empathy in the viewer by providing an opportunity to intimately connect with the emotional essence of people in the unhoused population, who are often ignored and dehumanized by society.
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Location
  • Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion, 1st floor, gallery, floor