The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Gutsy Munoz Sculpture at the Clark

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Juan Munoz, Conversation Piece, 2001, Private collection, Estate of Juan Muñoz

Juan Muñoz was a storyteller, but the story is yours to tell, not his. In Conversation Piece five bronze below life-size figures whose legs are bagged teeter towards one another, but they aren't speaking. It's your job as the viewer to interact with them, walk around them, and decide for yourself what you make of their enigmatic placement and size. Strange and alluring, their eyes are stitched closed, but they reach out to one another yearning for something. Each statue is anchored to its spot, frozen in time, on the terrace of Stone Hill Center, the woodsy space and exhibition gallery of The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass.

Tags: contemporary art, Juan Muñoz, Stone Hill Center, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute