- Venue
- AirSpace Gallery Window
- Starts
- Friday, November 6, 2009
- Ends
- Friday, November 20, 2009
- Address
- 4, Broad Street, Hanley Stoke on Trent ST13 8JX
- Location
- West Midlands
As part of Dialogue Box 2009 The Trouble with Monuments is a play on the classical figure and its display (something often reprised with shop window displays of mannequins); an obese torso complete with ambiguous stains becomes a monument to the larger, fuller figure, yet one that is also characterised by its interpretation as a messy glutton. The desire to impart some truth about the contemporary human body through a figurative work conflicts with being unable to resist forcing an interpretation on something that might be better served by saying nothing. This conflict continues with the materials used to render the plinths and what they support; both the plinths and references to classical style accentuate the metaphor of the plinth and display techniques as things that focus attention, bringing about a dialogue, and with it expectations.
