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“When I was young I wanted to be a policeman,” reads the inscription under a bust of a man’s head and neck. Look closer at the face of the bust, and the images of police officers in full riot gear, weapons raised, come into view.
Now, take in the third bust in this row of five. Like a bullet wound between the eyes or a sight seared into one’s memory, the image of Rodney King’s swollen, beaten face is photo-transferred onto the figure’s forehead. The entire head and neck rotate endlessly never pausing, never resting on a motorized metal arm affixed to a pedestal that reads, “A loss of faith brings vertigo.”
“When I was young I wanted to be a policeman,” reads the inscription under a bust of a man’s head and neck. Look closer at the face of the bust, and the images of police officers in full riot gear, weapons raised, come into view.
Now, take in the third bust in this row of five. Like a bullet wound between the eyes or a sight seared into one’s memory, the image of Rodney King’s swollen, beaten face is photo-transferred onto the figure s forehead. The entire head and neck rotate endlessly never pausing, never resting on a motorized metal arm affixed to a pedestal that reads, “A loss of faith brings vertigo.”