An Amalgamation of Angelenos
Thomas J Price, A Place Beyond , 2023. Private collection The Hammer is showing a bronze statue by London artist Thomas J Price. It's a smaller (9-ft high) version of a 5-meter (16.5 ft) statue recently installed outside the V&A East, London. According to the Hammer label, Price traveled to Los Angeles in 2023 to recruit volunteers for a new work called A Place Beyond . He used 3D scanning to create a composite of multiple subjects in everyday clothes, holding a phone. Ben Eastham, writing in The Guardian , called the London bronze "the quintessence of East London youth." He says it was based on "local people," as in Londoners. But it's clearly the same figure that the Hammer label is calling "an amalgamation of various Angelenos." The Hammer label doesn't even mention the London statue. London version of A Place Beyond Hammer label By the way, what has happened to the Hammer's sculpture terrace on Wilshire? It's been vacant since ...
