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The Artist Project

The Artist Project: Barry X Ball

Artist Barry X Ball reflects on an Egyptian fragment of a queen’s face in this episode of The Artist Project.
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From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"It's balanced between this incredible idealization and humanity."

Artist Barry X Ball reflects on an Egyptian fragment of a queen's face in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Barry X Ball, born in 1955, is an American sculptor who creates sculptures that are simultaneously contemporary and classical.

Barry X Ball (American, born 1955)

Sleeping Hermaphrodite, 2008-10

Marble, stainless steel; 68 1/2 × 35 13/16 × 31 5/8 in. (174 × 91 × 80 cm). Private collection, Switzerland. Photo: Barry X Ball. © Barry X Ball

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Art Mentioned

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Fragment of a Queen's Face, Yellow jasper
Fragment of a Queen's Face
ca. 1390–1336 B.C.
Haremhab as a Scribe of the King, Granodiorite
Haremhab as a Scribe of the King
ca. 1336–1323 B.C.