The portrait of the Vice President shows her face in a cracked glass barrier. Author: Randolph Terrance Sturdivant, Tony Perkins Published: 6:29 AM EST February 5, 2021 Updated: 6:47 AM EST February 5, 2021
WASHINGTON It’s been two weeks since Kamala Harris was sworn in, becoming the first woman to serve as Vice President of our nation.
In honor of that historic moment, the creative agency BBH New York commissioned Swiss artist Simon Berger to create a piece of art capturing its essence. And he’s done just that, producing a six-foot portrait of her face emerging through cracks in a glass barrier.
The piece was unveiled Thursday at the Lincoln Memorial. It will be on display through Saturday night. The portrait obviously symbolizes Vice President Harris breaking through the glass ceiling, something she has done repeatedly over the course of her career. She knows of the project, but it’s unclear if she will be able to
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The installation Vice President Kamala Harris Glass Ceiling Breaker is seen at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2021. Vice President Kamala Harris barrier-breaking career has been memorialized in a portrait depicting her face emerging from the cracks in a massive sheet of glass. Using a photo of Harris that taken by photographer Celeste Sloman, artist Simon Berger lightly hammered on the slab of laminated glass to create the portrait of Harris. The Washington Monument is seen in the distance and the Lincoln Memorial is reflected. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Glass Portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris at Lincoln Memorial Celebrates Her Shattering of Historic Glass Ceiling
Presented by the National Women s History Museum and Chief, the powerful art exhibit created from broken glass uniquely embodies Harris achievement, signals a new chapter for women and will be unveiled at the Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 4th.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A dramatic glass portrait honoring Vice President Kamala Harris will be unveiled in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 4th, celebrating Harris as America s first woman vice president. The exhibit, which will be on display through Feb. 6th, commemorates this seminal achievement for women in America and celebrates an incredible woman leader with many firsts to her name – including the first woman vice president, first Black vice president, first South Asian vice president and first vice president to graduate from a Historically B
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America’s evangelical leaders made serious political commitments over four years in encouraging their parishioners to have faith in then-President Donald Trump. Their reward was the appointment of conservative judges, attacks on abortion rights and a general sense that the Trump administration was leading a white Christian crusade.
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