Domino Sugar Factory, Madonna & Children

This was an exhibition that took place at the Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge.  This entire warehouse will be demolished to be replaced by condos as soon as this exhibition is over.

The

sculptures are covered in sugar.  The little boys are coated in brown sugar, and the large, female who looks like the sphinx is coated in white granulated sugar.  The small boys are created from molds so they can be recreated.

To me, the walls look like a Richard Serra sculpture, however a guard swore that was just the drippings from the sugar.

 This female is the sculptor's idea of a black female prototype.  The sculptor is a black woman herself.

 I asked one of the attendants the relationship is size between this sculpture and the sphinx in Egypt and was informed the one in Egypt is 5 times the size of this one.  All in all, a lovely, free way to get people to come to Williamsburg and see all the new housing, etc.  The sculptor is very political and you can read whatever you want into the exhibit (i.e., the exploitation of the people who worked in this factory).