A key element of recovering place is frequently the construction of a memorial. But memorial design is vastly different now than fifty years ago. Gone are figural qualities and allegorical content, replaced by minimalism and calculated abstraction. Yet the desire to produce memorials has not abated. It may be stronger than ever.rnA memorial is a representational work that stands as testimony to the collective importance of an event, person, or circumstance. In its most successful form, it has continuing value, linking the past to the present and future. I will not attempt to unpack all the complexities of this difficult representational exercise, but I would like to explore how contemporary works of art-memorials, in particular-relate to the subject and to the collective.
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