Pomnik
Subtitle: Europa Środkowo - Wschodnia, 1918-2018 : wystawa w Muzeum Rzeźby
By: Kuratorka Muzeum Rzeźby w Królikarni, Agnieszka Tarasiuk
Contributors: Muzeum im. Xawerego Dunikowskiego w Królikarni
Publisher: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Warszawa
Language: pol
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9788371004353
Subjects: Monuments; Exhibitions
Other titles: Europa Środkowo - Wschodnia, 1918-2018 :
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition at Muzeum Rzeźby, Warsaw, from December 16, 2018 - April 10, 2019.

"Monuments create the landscape of our values which is why they so often evoke controversies. They commemorate statesmen, heroes, and victims of wars. They represent the commonly shared ideals, "inhabit" cities and dominate the view.  For those in power, they are a tool in constructing collective identity. As borders shift and political regimes change, the monuments of the past era are torn down, recycled and renamed. The exhibition "MONUMENT. Central and Eastern Europe 1918 - 2018" at the Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture at Królikarnia describes the functions, histories and processes to which monuments are subject. It presents the biographies of over twenty such objects from our region of Europe, from the moment of the selection of their design, through their erection and use, until the disputes they provoke and, finally, their destruction, oblivion and decay. The presentation is not just a mere historical review but a contribution to the presently carried debates." -- Museum website

Cover from title.

Includes bibliographical references.