This week, Judith Stein writes about Elijah Pierce (1892-1984), the son of a former slave, who is having a retrospective of more than 100 painted bas-reliefs and freestanding carvings at the Barnes Foundation. 

I was happy to be reminded that Pierce lived long enough to make two sculptures about President Richard Nixon: “Nixon Being Chased by Inflation” (1974) and “Nixon Being Driven from the Whitehouse” (1975).

According to Stein, “Curators have suggested that his pursuers, holding what look like microphones, may represent Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.”

— John Yau, Co-Editor, Hyperallergic Weekend