Running Man
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Running Man” now? J. Paul Getty Museum, Tram Departure Plaza, The Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Garden, Los Angeles. Yes, on view now. Checked October 5, 2026.
Los Angeles, United States
RoomTram Departure Plaza, The Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Garden
Open now· until 5:30 PM
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
They are not just men running in a landscape; they are fugitive also--either running away from something or running to something. --Elisabeth Frink Captured mid-stride, this tall, lithe figure pushes forward toward an unknown destination. His wiry limbs highlight his athleticism and potential for speed, but also convey fragility. His nakedness, as well as the sculpture's pocked surface, reinforces this vulnerability. A minimally defined face reveals only an impassive expression--this is a human figure outside of time or place. Elisabeth Frink traced her interest in sculpting the male figure back to World War II. As a child, her family lived near an airfield that was visited frequently by Polish airmen who struck her as foreign and mysterious.
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According to the artist, many of her representations of men were influenced by these early memories and consequently she treated the male body as withheld, mysterious, and threatening. In addition to producing many male busts, Frink created imposing, essentially anonymous men in a variety of poses or guises--standing, seated, spinning, winged, and on horseback. She began a series of running men in the mid-1970s. In this series, Frink explores and exploits the tension between strength and vulnerability, feeling and suffering.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2005.106.2
In the catalog
Sources
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Image: J. Paul Getty Museum — ; In Copyright
