{"id":4865,"date":"2026-06-29T09:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/artwork\/american-hero-4\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:29:37","slug":"american-hero-4","status":"publish","type":"artwork","link":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/el\/artwork\/american-hero-4\/","title":{"rendered":"American Hero #4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For American Hero #4, Hayden pointedly exploits and clashes vernacular forms, visually reinterpreting and reimagining potentially contradictory notions of culture. Contemporary African-American identity, represented by two stripes of cornrowed hair, is placed squarely within a symbol of classic Americana, a Ford Mustang muscle car. The appropriation, though odd and humorous at first glance, expresses the artist\u2019s hopes for a fresh unprocessed context for understanding and interpreting contemporary and historic cultures.<br \/>\nSpecial Thanks: Maaco Collision Repair and Auto Painting<\/p>\n<p>Catalogue<br \/>\nView &#8220;Untitled (Installation)&#8217; in the exhibition catalogue &#8216;https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/digital\/2014-fact-of-the-matter\/&#8221; Fact of the Matter&#8217; online https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/digital\/2014-fact-of-the-matter\/&#8221; HERE\u00a0 A print version is not available.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-12-at-11.23.29-AM-198&#215;300.png<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4866,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"exhibition-theme":[],"class_list":["post-4865","artwork","type-artwork","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/4865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artwork"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"exhibition-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition-theme?post=4865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}