©Hood Design Studio

 “Double Sights” is a vertical sculpture of two columnar elements, wrapped with surfaces of black and white and etched with words and images representing the complex aspects of Wilson’s legacy, both positive and negative.  The words etched on the black and white stone panels are Woodrow Wilson’s quotes*, both positive and negative statements he made throughout his life as President of Princeton, Governor of New Jersey and President of the United States. These phrases are not curated for the order in which they appear, nor are they edited in any way, but rather are displayed in a continuous stream-of-consciousness manner to provide a picture of Wilson’s complex and sometimes contradictory thinking. Some statements are hard to read because they represent his overt racism and sexism, some illustrate his progressive thinking of the time.