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Doctrine

Artist Yoan Capote Cuban, born 1977

Date2011

MediumCast bronze and steel handcuffs

Dimensions32 x 14 5/8 x 16 in. (81.3 x 37.1 x 40.6 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from Mr. and Mrs. N. Richard Miller in memory of Martin B. Rosenthal, by exchange

Object number2015.22

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Label TextCapote creates art that poetically captures both highly personal experiences and universal issues of power, difference, alienation, isolation, dislocation, censorship, and restriction. Here he transforms a static object into a dynamic metaphor for political repression and the consequences of dissent.

The contorted chair twists and turns as if trying to free itself from its shackles. Sitting in the undersized chair renders the subject into a helpless state. “The size and solidity of the sculptures,” says Capote, “allow them to be used as chairs, despite their deformations, but as soon as we sit on them we unconsciously adopt a convict posture.”
[L. Dougherty, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," 2022]ProvenanceThe artist; with Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; sold to NCMA, 2015.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–November 18, 2024. Object Rights Statement

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