The Embrace, a new bronze sculpture honoring Martin Luther King Jr., premiered last week in Boston. It’s located on Boston Common, the 50-acre park, owned in common by the public, that’s as old as Boston itself. Once used for grazing cows, it’s now a park, rallying point, and green lungs for the city, as well as the front yard of the State House and Beacon Hill. King spoke at a rally on the Common in 1965. About 22,000 people attended, a big crowd for Boston.
Hank Willis Thomas (b. 1976) designed the sculpture. He’s a very good photographer and conceptual artist who does work related to the black male body and the diversity of black men’s opinions and aspirations. A local group called Embrace Boston led the charge in making the sculpture happen.
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