{"id":47,"date":"2025-04-17T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/?p=47"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:04:40","slug":"urban-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/2025\/04\/urban-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Medals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thom Shaw<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>American, 1947-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Urban Medals, <\/em><\/strong><strong>2003<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Woodcut on paper, 28 3\/8 x 19 7\/8 inches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gift of Ellen Price<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2019.26.10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/2019.26.10-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/2019.26.10-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/2019.26.10-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/2019.26.10-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/2019.26.10-1075x1536.jpg 1075w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/2019.26.10.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cincinnati based artist Thom Shaw produced a body of work that was uncompromising and undiluted in its descriptions of his life experiences. Shaw encrypted his prints with engaging narrative, social commentary, and a look into what it was like to be Black in America. This stark print is composed through bold forms and high contrasts between lights and darks, mixed with wood textures to emphasize the figure\u2019s presence. His use of clean lines and sharp alternating patterns heighten the tension of the scene. Shaw depicts a scarred man with a disability (an amputated leg) sitting dejectedly on a recliner, watching television, forcing the viewer to consider the inequality he recognized in disenfranchised communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Thom Shaw American, 1947-2010 Urban Medals, 2003 Woodcut on paper, 28 3\/8 x 19 7\/8 inches Gift of Ellen Price 2019.26.10 Cincinnati based artist Thom <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/2025\/04\/urban-medals\/\" title=\"Urban Medals\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1564,"featured_media":97,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spring-25"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}