In Praise of Famous Men No More’
\nVinyl print
\n12 \u00d7 28 feet
\nPhoto credits \u2013 #1 Installation image by Scott Lynch<\/p>\n
About
\nIn conjunction with the ‘https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/monuments-now\/MONUMENTS NOW’ exhibition, the Broadway Billboard above the Park’s main entrance features Nona Faustine\u2019s ‘In Praise of Famous Men No More’ \u2013 a photographic rendering of two 19th-century monuments to American presidents that probes at the power and integrity of these symbolic icons.<\/p>\n
One image centers the Lincoln Memorial \u2013 a towering depiction of the 16th president that was carved from Georgia white marble by Daniel Chester French and is located in the National Mall in Washington D.C..<\/p>\n
The other image presents a profile view of the bronze Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt in front of the Natural History Museum in New York City \u2013 which, as it was recently https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/21\/arts\/design\/roosevelt-statue-to-be-removed-from-museum-of-natural-history.htmlannounced, will be removed in response to nation-wide protests challenging the presence of racist monuments in public space. The statue depicts the 26th president on horseback allegorically flanked by an Indigenous man and an African man.<\/p>\n
Both images are bisected by a blurred horizontal line, interrupting the crisp focus of the classical realist monuments and destabilizing the narratives they portray.<\/p>\n
This presentation is a continuation of the ‘http:\/\/nonafaustine.virb.com\/home White Shoes’ series in which Faustine photographed herself nude at historic sites pertaining to slavery in New York City \u2013 using her body as a temporary monument to explore contested histories and methods of remembering.
\n‘https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/monuments-now\/MONUMENTS NOW’
\nPART I: https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/jeffrey-gibson\/Jeffrey Gibson, https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/ramirez-jonas\/Paul Ram\u00edrez Jonas, https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/simmons\/Xaviera Simmons
\nPART II: ‘https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/call-and-response\/Call and Response’
\nPART III: ‘https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/monuments-now-part-iii-the-next-generation\/The Next Generation’
\n+ https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/exhibition\/billboard-faustine\/The Broadway Billboard & “https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/lets-talk\/Let’s Talk”<\/p>\n
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