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Merlion
06-26-2007, 06:29 PM
Unusual material for making sculptures.

(Slaves are not really abolished around the world.)

Sugar cube sculptures go on show (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6240690.stm)

26 June, 2007, Life-size portraits of black heroes made from sugar cubes are going on display to mark 200 years of the abolition of the slave trade.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42427000/jpg/_42427506_hoyt-equino_300.jpg
The exhibition at St Paul's Cathedral in London, titled For Love of Sugar, showcases five personalities from 18th and 19th Century Britain.

Artist Satch Hoyt has also created two slave ships from sugar, to be displayed at the museum in the Docklands. .....

The exhibition runs until 12 July.

Julianna
07-01-2007, 08:34 AM
Definitely an unusual material for sculptures. I haven't seen a creative and symbolic use of material like this for a while.