{"id":8795,"date":"2024-07-02T20:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T20:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/?p=8795"},"modified":"2024-07-02T20:30:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T20:30:43","slug":"scorching-heat-leaves-lincolns-wax-figure-in-disarray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/?p=8795","title":{"rendered":"Scorching heat leaves Lincoln’s wax figure in disarray"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As part of the United States <\/strong>As a scorching heat wave gripped the United States over the weekend, sending temperatures to record levels, a six-foot-tall wax statue of Abraham Lincoln went viral for its demise, sparking humorous quips and memes on social media, some innocent, some outrageous.<\/p>\n

Titled \u201c40 Acres: Buck\u2019s Camp\u201d (2024), the wax sculpture consists of 10 candle wicks that visitors are encouraged to light and then extinguish after one to two minutes. The sculpture was installed on February 15 outside Garrison Elementary School in Washington, D.C., on the site of Buck\u2019s Camp, a Civil War-era contraband camp where freed formerly enslaved people built a community.<\/p>\n

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Users on social media were quick to mock the melted wax work. (Screenshot: Maya Pontone\/Allergic<\/em> Via @crampedsultana on X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Created by Richmond artist Sandy Williams IV, an assistant professor of art at the University of Richmond, the 3,000-pound wax replica of the Lincoln Memorial was created using a 3D scan of the monument in Washington, D.C. The sculpture, commissioned and presented by the arts nonprofit CulturalDC, is one of a series of wax monuments Williams has been working on since 2017. It is also part of 40 ACRES Archives<\/em>Founded by the artist in 2021, it is an expanding collection of artworks, events, performances, films, and installations focused on African American history.<\/p>\n