The Japanese Prisoner / Willard Stone
Essay/Description
Artist's original title is considered offensive, so the museum staff have given the artwork a descriptive title.
Gallery Label
The subject is a man humbling himself, although they were not really humble. The figure is a symbol of the Japanese taken in World War II. The wood is bois d’arc, the kind of wood you would make bows from.
From the exhibition: Willard Stone: Following the Grain, 2016.
Willard Stone, artist.
From the exhibition: Willard Stone: Following the Grain, 2016.
Willard Stone, artist.