Kent State Memorial: Abraham and Isaac

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T20:41:20Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T20:41:20Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-07
dc.descriptionGeorge Segal, who taught sculpture at Princeton from 1968 to 1969, was commissioned in 1978 by Kent State University to create a memorial to the four students killed by members of the National Guard during an antiwar demonstration on their campus. Segal found a metaphor for the tragedy in the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac. In Segal�s version, Abraham, dressed in contemporary clothing, looms over a college-aged Isaac, who is stripped of his shirt and bound with rope. Kent State University officials refused it, interpreting it as a politically volatile depiction of murder. According to Segal, however, this group misunderstood the memorial: the theme, in Segal�s words, was �the eternal conflict between adherence to an abstract set of principles versus the love of your own child.� Segal selected Princeton�s site for the sculpture, near the University Chapel, to reinforce the work�s biblical associations.
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dc.subjectKent State Memorial Abraham and Isaac
dc.subjectKent State Memorial
dc.subjectArt on Princeton Campus
dc.subjectCampus of Princeton University
dc.subjectPrinceton University
dc.subjectIvy League
dc.subjectUniversity
dc.subjectPrinceton
dc.subjectMercer County
dc.subjectThe Delaware Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleKent State Memorial: Abraham and Isaac

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