{"id":7182,"date":"2026-06-30T01:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/event\/xaviera-simmons-monument-on-view\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:50:10","slug":"xaviera-simmons-monument-on-view","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/event\/xaviera-simmons-monument-on-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Xaviera Simmons&#8217; Monument On View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About Artist Xaviera Simmons\u2019 monument, \u2018The structure the labor the foundation the escape the pause,\u2019 goes on view Saturday, August 15 as part of the &#8216;MONUMENTS NOW&#8217; exhibition. &#8216;The structure the labor the foundation the escape the pause&#8217; is composed of sculptural forms \u2013 each holding landscapes of text culled from historical documents that are foundational to centuries of racial caste construction and disenfranchisement in the United States. The works are on one hand a monument to systemic promises denied while also working to acknowledge the sustainability of the creative impulse. \u2018The structure the labor the foundation the escape the pause\u2019 offers access to some of the language of long-standing governmental policies that continue to shape the material conditions we live within presently. With this project, Simmons constructs forms new to her studio practice while embedding each work within historical context.<br \/>\nPlease Note: The Park remains open at regular hours but there is no formal exhibition opening event in compliance with current New York City Park Department policies against large public gatherings. View Park-related Covid 19 updates\u2013<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7183,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event-category":[],"class_list":["post-7182","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=7182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}