Ancient form, modern muse
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The bronze Sankofa Kore statue by sculptor Christopher Smith is magnetic. Based on the Greek and Egyptian sculptural ideal, the nearly life-size work - to be installed this month in the sculpture garden of Chestnut Hill's Woodmere Art Museum - seems to borrow more from the ancient male form the kouros than the cheerful female kore as it moves assertively, unsmilingly forward.