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Artist sculpts lifelike figurines of Black heroes throughout American history
Acori Honzo remembers growing up in the 1980s playing with action figures resembling heroes like He-Man and Luke Skywalker. But he doesn't remember playing with any toys that looked like him."I didn't feel sad when I played with these things, but, what if, what if," he asked. "What if I had a little, say, Langston Hughes, or if I had Harriet Tubman?"Honzo, 43, decided to use his lifelong art skills to answer that question retroactively."I noticed there weren't that many African American sculptures, so I just started making them myself," he said.Now, Honzo is notable for sculpting lifelike dolls of Malcom X, Harriet Tubman, Tupac Shakur, and other black figures throughout American history."I'm thinking a...
02.14.21 | 04:57 | CC
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