This week, a massive sculpture honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. was erected in Boston. Literally.
Inspired by an old snapshot of Dr. King hugging his long-suffering wife, the $10 million dollar bronze behemoth depicts two pairs of disembodied, headless, faceless, bodiless arms, hugging nothing.
As with so much public art—or shall we say, pubic art—these days, “The Embrace” is obscenely, even pornographically, suggestive from almost every angle. It’s unclear if this was done intentionally.
Perhaps it’s a nod to Dr. King’s not-quite-I-have-a-dreamy history with women.
