The Trump administration wants to bolster traditional art. But its attempt to revive sculpture with a mass statue-building program is doomed. America doesn’t have the sculptors, foundries, and workers to make hundreds of bronze or marble sculptures. Believe it or not, North Korea – the world's sculpture superpower – would be in a much better position.
Sam and Samuel sit down with our Art Director, Atalanta, a sculptor by training, and talk all things sculpture. They discuss how art education has become de-skilled, how sculpture has always been the best art form for mass production and the surprising places the tradition has been kept alive.
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