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Man and his Sheep
Artist: Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943)
Location: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Date: 1989
Materials: painted wood & marble
Dimensions: 200 x 450 x 400cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £45,000 (Total: £100,000)
Vendor: Pratt Contemporary Art
Review number: 5524 (2005)
Provenance:
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Description:
The work consists of eight massive carved figures arranged in a procession across a marble floor. The leading male figure carries a ram's head on a pole and represents the shaman or demagogue. The other figures follow him, glancing at their companions with expressions of fear, excitement and suspicion. Pacheco explores the relationship between the group and the individual and the psychology of political power.
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