82,000
2022
Fiberglass, polymer clay and enamel. 17in x 11in x 14in.
82,000 was on loan to the Museum of Sonoma County (a Smithsonian Affiliate Museum) in Santa Rosa (CA) from January - May 2024. It formed part of the A Question of Balance exhibition, in partnership with Pacific Rim Sculptors/International Sculpture Center.
82,000 is the latest small-scale sculpture from uckiood - and one of the most personal in the studio’s history. Taking its name from the 82,000 claimants in the Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse lawsuit, it examines in graphic terms both the physical horrors and psychological trauma experienced by children and young adults at the hands of their abusers within the Boy Scout organization. Humanity is abstracted and reduced to a vase-like shape wherein the endless serpentine strangulation of the form is beautifully balanced from top to bottom and left to right to indicate the equivalent effects of abuse upon both mind and body. This sense of stasis is further emphasized by the muted, monochrome palette and infinite puncturing of the form at both front and back. All these elements speak of a ceaseless suffering, the decades-long coverup of abuse by the organization and, most importantly, the enforced silence and shame endured by its victims.
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