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Man and his Sheep

Ana Maria Pacheco, 1989

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham

The work consists of eight massive carved figures arranged in a procession across a marble floor.

The leading male figure carries a ram's head on a pole and represents the shaman or demagogue. The other figures follow him, glancing at their companions with expressions of fear, excitement and suspicion. Pacheco explores the relationship between the group and the individual and the psychology of political power.

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Title of artwork, date

Man and his Sheep, 1989

Date supported

2005

Medium and material

Painted wood & marble

Dimensions

200 x 450 x 400 cm

Grant

45,000

Total cost

100,000

Contemporary artSculpture

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