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An outdoor 2007
bronze sculpture Bronze is the most popular metal for Casting (metalworking), cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as w ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...
by American artist
Ed Dwight Edward Joseph (Ed) Dwight Jr. (born September 9, 1933) is an American sculptor, author, and former test pilot. He is the first African American to have entered the Air Force training program from which NASA selected astronauts. He was controve ...
is installed in
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, Texas, United States. The sculpture was vandalized with white paint in August 2017. John D. Harden, Margaret Kadifa, Mike Morris, and Brooke A. Lewis of the ''
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'' noted that the vandalism occurred around the same time that protesters demanded the
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in Houston, and the same day that the city's statue of Christopher Columbus was vandalized with red paint.


See also

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2007 in art The year 2007 in art involved some significant events and new works. Events * April - The Museo Alameda opens in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A * 10 June – 21 November – 52nd Venice Biennale. * October - ''Execution'' by Yue Minjun sells at Sot ...
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Civil rights movement in popular culture The history of the 1954 to 1968 American civil rights movement has been depicted and documented in film, song, theater, television, and the visual arts. These presentations add to and maintain cultural awareness and understanding of the goals, tact ...
* ''Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'' (Blome sculpture), Milwaukee, Wisconsin * ''Martin Luther King Jr.'' (Wilson sculpture), Washington, D.C. *
List of public art in Houston Outdoor sculptures * '' African Elephant'' (1982) * Alexander Hodge Memorial * '' Atropos Key'' (1972), Miller Outdoor Theatre * Beer Can House * '' Broken Obelisk'', Rothko Chapel * '' Brownie'' (1905), Houston Zoo * '' Bygones'' (1976), Me ...
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Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Austin, Texas) ''Martin Luther King Jr.'' is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting the Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights leader of the same name by Jeffrey Varilla and Anna Koh-Varilla, installed on the University of Texas at Austin campus, in Austin ...


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2007 establishments in Texas 2007 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Texas Hermann Park Memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. Monuments and memorials in Texas Outdoor sculptures in Houston Sculptures of men in Texas Statues in Houston Sculptures of Martin Luther King Jr. Vandalized works of art in Texas Sculptures by Ed Dwight {{Texas-sculpture-stub