NY -- NYC -- Temporary Art: David Shrigley's Memorial @ Central Park:
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- Description of Pictures: David Shrigley: MEMORIAL
On View: September 8, 2016 to February 12, 2017
Across the centuries, memorials have acted as public sites of collective remembrance and markers of our shared cultural heritage. Some monuments continue to hold a contemporary significance, while others have become obsolete in an ever-changing urban and social landscape, their meanings often lost from civic consciousness.
MEMORIAL, by British artist David Shrigley (b. 1968, Macclesfield, UK), honors one of the most common of all acts: the writing of a grocery list. By engraving this ephemeral, throwaway list on a solid slab of granite, a material ubiquitous with the language of monuments, the artist humorously subverts both a daily routine and the role of the classic memorial. While Shrigley’s shopping list might appear to posture as a counter monument, through its celebration of a common activity, its anonymity, and absurdity, the sculpture becomes a memorial both to no-one and to everyone -- perhaps standing as a simple but poignant ode to humanity.
This exhibition is curated by Emma Enderby
The above was from https://www.publicartfund.org/view/exhibitions/6116_david_shrigley_memorial
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- PAFMEM_160915_06.JPG: Crackers
Cheese
Peanut Butter
Ketchup
Mayonnaise
Eggs
Bread
Pasta
Cereal
Milk
Nuts
Bananas
Mustard
Carrots
Sausages
Paper Towels
Yogurt
Diapers
Ziploc Bags
Shelf Brackets
Aspirin
Tampons
Shower Gel
Cleaning Stuff
Nutella
- PAFMEM_160915_25.JPG: David Shrigley MEMORIAL
Public Art Fund
Across the centuries, memorials have acted as public sites of collective remembrance and markers of our shared cultural heritage. Some monuments continue to hold a contemporary significance, while others have become obsolete in an ever-changing urban and social landscape, their meanings often lost from civic consciousness.
MEMORIAL, by British artist David Shrigley (b. 1968, Macclesfield, UK), honors one of the most common of all acts: the writing of a grocery list. By engraving this ephemeral, throwaway list on a solid slab of granite, a material ubiquitous with the language of monuments, the artist humorously subverts both a daily routine and the role of the classic memorial. While Shrigley's shopping list might appear to posture as a counter monument, through its celebration of a common activity, its anonymity, and absurdity, the sculpture becomes a memorial both to no-one and to everyone -- perhaps standing as a simple but poignant ode to humanity.
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