Epic “Invisible Man & the Masque of Blackness” Art Block Party | SF

Submitted by the Event Organizer

For the next Civic Center Commons 3rd Thursdays Block Party event on July 19 from 5-9 pm, the public is invited to experience internationally renowned artist Zak Ové’s temporary public art installation “Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness,” which will be on view through early November.

Epic “Invisible Man & the Masque of Blackness” Art Dedication
Thursday, July 19, 2018 | 5 to 9 pm
Civic Center Plaza, 355 McAllister St., San Francisco
FREE

During the event, the public will have an opportunity to hear from the artist while enjoying food, drinks, music, and other free family-friendly activities under the lights of City Hall.

The San Francisco Arts Commission, with funding from the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and in partnership with the Recreation and Park Department, will mount an ambitious installation, Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness, by celebrated British Trinidadian artist Zak Ové. The artist’s first exhibition of this important body of work in the United States, the installation will be on view from June to early November 2018.

Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness was originally conceived for the grounds of the historic Somerset House in London, which shares a similar government context and architectural characteristics of San Francisco’s Civic Center. The installation consists of 40, 6.5-foot identical black figurative sculptures, each approximately 300 lbs, that stand upright with the figures holding their “hands up” in a precise formation that aligns with the symmetry of the surrounding architecture.

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