Kenneth Campbell, Nike, 1964, gray marble, overall: 42 x 9 1⁄2 x 12 1⁄4 in. (106.7 x 24.2 x 31.2 cm.) top: 23 7⁄8 x 9 1⁄2 x 12 1⁄4 in. (60.7 x 24.2 x 31.2 cm.) base: 21 5⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 x 8 3⁄4 in. (55.0 x 19.1 x 22.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.13A-B
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Nike
- Artist
- Date
- 1964
- Location
- Dimensions
- overall: 42 x 9 1⁄2 x 12 1⁄4 in. (106.7 x 24.2 x 31.2 cm.) top: 23 7⁄8 x 9 1⁄2 x 12 1⁄4 in. (60.7 x 24.2 x 31.2 cm.) base: 21 5⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 x 8 3⁄4 in. (55.0 x 19.1 x 22.3 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- gray marble
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Allegory — other — triumph
- Mythology — classical — Nike
- Abstract
- Object Number
- 1986.6.13A-B
Artwork Description
Kenneth Campbell “sees” the final image within each piece of stone before starting to work, and rarely deviates from this initial idea. He never uses power tools, but prefers to have direct contact with the materials. Campbell manipulates the stone to give an appearance of weightlessness, by balancing huge pieces at apparently impossible angles. Nike may have been inspired by the Winged Victory of Samothrace, a Hellenistic Greek sculpture that depicts the goddess Nike as she descends from flight.