Counter-Ceremonial: Contemporary Artists and Queen Victoria Monuments

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As the embodiment of empire, Victoria became a symbol allegiance and resistance, love loathing. This is nowhere more apparent than in many monuments memorializing her across United Kingdom around world. At moment when public sculpture has become increasingly controversial, as witnessed by removal Confederate American South or ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ movement, to are also coming under scrutiny. While statues have been damaged defaced from Bristol Bangkok, Montreal Delhi — important interventions themselves interesting reactions come artists. Around globe, art projects worked with order find way engaging their troubled history, offering critical reframing that can break often unproductive arguments about retention. article juxtaposes works Tatsurou Bashi, Sophie Ernst, Hew Locke, Krzysztof Wodiczko Gary Kirkham, Hadley+Maxwell, exploring artists’ engagement material form connections between Victoria’s self-made image its unmaking discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال: 19

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['1755-1560']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/ntn.4732