Event
Statues Also Die
Featured artists include:
Rebecca Belmore Nate Lewis
Cassils Jeffrey Meris
Nick Cave Paper Monuments
Nona Faustine FEED
Paul Ramirez Jonas Doreen Garner
Lee Mixashawn Rozie Xandra Ibarra
Veo Veo Design Marisa Williamson
Curated by Sarah Fritchey.
This exhibition considers the roles artists play in monument removal and making– as storytellers who unearth the histories and meanings of existing monuments, activists who participate in direct actions that lead to monument removal, and civic designers who work with government officials to envision new processes for including everyday people in monument-making.
As a whole, the featured artworks and projects reject a top-down approach, consider who and what we remember, and what places, events, and movements matter. Click here to read the Statues Also Die catalogue.
Photo by Kenneth C. Zirkel
The empty pedestal of a Christopher Columbus statue in Hartford removed in June of 2020.
Add your voice. We want your ideas to be part of this exhibition. More information HERE
Top Image: Nate Lewis, Probing The Land VIII (Robert E. Lee, After The Fire), 2020, Hand-sculpted inkjet print, ink, frottage, graphite, 43” x 60”
Supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Real Art Ways Digital Gallery
Click slide to enlarge. Images by John Groo.
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Statues Also Die Booklet
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