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The Artist Project: Barry X Ball

Jun 6, 2016 2 MINUTES
"It's balanced between this incredible idealization and humanity."

Artist Barry X Ball reflects on an Egyptian fragment of a queen's face in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Barry X Ball, born in 1955, is an American sculptor who creates sculptures that are simultaneously contemporary and classical.

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Barry X Ball (American, born 1955)

Sleeping Hermaphrodite, 2008-10

Marble, stainless steel; 68 1/2 × 35 13/16 × 31 5/8 in. (174 × 91 × 80 cm). Private collection, Switzerland. Photo: Barry X Ball. © Barry X Ball

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