What did I see to be except myself?

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An abstract, floating, wall sculpture titled, What did I see to be except myself?, by Kennedy Yanko. The piece is comprised primarily of a found copper sheet and a latex-based paint skin. The copper sheet has a green patina on one side and is partially oxidized to a dark brown on the other. It has been folded, twisted, and crumpled roughly into a funnel shape that exposes the green patina mostly near the top, areas of oxidation near the middle and bottom, as well as some abraded and polished highlights along some of the sculpture's edges and folds. The eggplant purple paint skin drapes over the top left corner of the funnel-shaped copper, winds around the back, bunches and loops around the bottom, and ultimately drapes into a crescent shaped swath over the bottom right side of the copper.

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