{"id":2132,"date":"2026-06-29T08:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/artwork\/wax-monument-iv-free-wax\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:27:09","slug":"wax-monument-iv-free-wax","status":"publish","type":"artwork","link":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/fr\/artwork\/wax-monument-iv-free-wax\/","title":{"rendered":"Wax Monument IV (Free Wax)’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Images by Nicholas Knight Studio; KMDeco Creative Solutions: Mark DiConzo; and Sara Morgan
\nAbout ‘Wax Monument IV (Free Wax)’
\nA monument to living history, this wax flag can be set alight from multiple-wicks and rests perpendicularly upon a pulverized black dirt base shaped like the borough of Queens. Rendered in black and white, the wax flag is reminiscent of \u2013 but not equivalent to \u2013 the U.S.\u2019s own flag and emblem of patriotism. Alive with transformative potential, the work invites participation, mark-making, melting, and molding of a malleable symbol.
\nAudio Guide
\nClick below to listen to the artist speak about their work.<\/p>\n

Hola, me llamo Sandy. Gracis por visitar al parque, y a mi contribution al espacio, Monumento de Cera numero quarto (Bandera Libre). Espero que estes bien. Si todo est\u00e1 funcionando correctamente, deber\u00edas estar mirando, lo que quiz\u00e1s era antes, una bandera de cera blanca y negra de seis por once pies.La base de mantillo de la obra tiene la forma del mapa del area conocida como “Queens”. Comence esta serie de Monuentos de Cera, usando las formas de monumentos hist\u00f3ricos, y convirti\u00e9ndolas en velas peque\u00f1as para distribuy\u00e9ir en masa. En esta cuarta obra de la serie, construi esta forma de madera y capa por capa y la fund\u00ed durante varias semanas.Hice esta bandera como una ofrenda. Ahora es nuestra bandera. Te invito a hacer lo que quieras con \u00e9lla. Para mi, darles aGENcia sobre este objeto activa una demo-CRA-cia que no existe en tantas partes de nuestro espacio p\u00fablico, partes de nuestros espacios p\u00fablicos, donde no tenemos aGENcia, que yo llamo espacios no emancipados. Darle a la gente el poder de determinar un aspecto de su entorno est\u00e9tico me parece un acto radical. Derrite esta bandera, traele y agr\u00e9gale cosas, raye y marke la bandera y usa tu imaginaci\u00f3n mientras le pone su mano, agregandole a la historia de este objeto. \u00a1Por favor, medite sobre lo que significa hacer historia! Espero que todos se sientan c\u00f3modos aqu\u00ed. Atentamente, Sandy Williams IV
\nProgramming
\nWilliams IV participated in a series of https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/program\/2020-fellows-programming\/virtual programs produced by the 2020 Socrates Artist Fellows:
\nhttps:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/program\/in-conversation-andrea-solstad-kiyan-williams-sandy-williams-iv\/In Conversation: Andrea Solstad, Kiyan Williams & Sandy Williams IV
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/seHLiP-XWOQhttps:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/events\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-12.14.37-PM-300×168.png
\nInstagram Takeover: Sandy Williams IV<\/p>\n

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Exhibition
\n‘Monuments Now’
\nPART I: https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/jeffrey-gibson\/Jeffrey Gibson, https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/ramirez-jonas\/Paul Ram\u00edrez Jonas, https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/simmons\/Xaviera Simmons
\nPART II: ‘https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/call-and-response\/Call and Response’
\nPART III: ‘https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/monuments-now-part-iii-the-next-generation\/The Next Generation’
\n+ https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/billboard-faustine\/The Broadway Billboard & “https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/lets-talk\/Let’s Talk”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/monuments-now\/https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/page\/home\/monuments-now-lockup-300×211.jpg<\/p>\n

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