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The Hole Truth

Credit: Mickael Broth ("The Night Owl") · Installed 2024

1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23219 · Richmond · Richmond Region

Two human-scale abstract sculptures installed on the historic block of East Clay Street in front of The Valentine museum, each with a hole through its center and a mirrored surface — an interactive, publicly accessible work sized to let visitors of different heights and abilities engage with it directly.

Sponsor / commissioning body: Commissioned and gifted by The Common Wealth Public Art Fund (a fund of the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond), approved in partnership with the Richmond Public Art Commission and Richmond City Council

Directory artist credits

Mickael Broth ("The Night Owl") has a researched artist profile in this directory:

Lead artist

Mickael Broth

Richmond

Richmond-based muralist, sculptor, and writer working professionally as "The Night Owl." Recipient of a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship, with hundreds of public murals across Richmond, the United States, and Europe since 2012, and an active welded-metal sculpture practice since 2018. Published two books — Gated Community: Graffiti and Incarceration (2013) and Murals of Richmond (2018) — and serves on the RVA Street Art Festival's board of directors.

Source & verification

Gallery/arts organization:The Valentine — official site (news)Last checked:

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