PUBLIC MEMORY,
PUBLIC ART


— Reflections on Monuments and Memorial Art Today

What does it mean to remember through art? The anthology Public Memory, Public Art – Reflections on Monuments and Memorial Art Today presents 25 texts that explore and discuss memorial art in our common spaces. The anthology includes texts on monuments, memorials, memory, democracy, power, and oppression and have a Swedish focus with an international perspective. The book is published in collaboration with the Public Art Agency Sweden.

Edited by
Annika Enqvist, Karolina Modig, Rebecka Katz Thor, Joanna Zawieja

Introduction by
Patrick Amsellem

Texts by
Nasim Aghili, Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris, Mathias Danbolt, Håkan Forsell, Josefin Granetoft, Elin Haugdal, Sandi Hilal, Rossana Mercado-Rojas, Robert Nilsson Mohammadi, Lotta Mossum, Santiago Mostyn, MYCKET, Hanna Nordenhök, Temi Odumosu, Henrik Orrje, Outi Pieski, Lisa Rosendahl, Merete Røstad, Moa Sandström, Tanja Schult, Ingrid Svahn, Masha Taavoniku, Andrzej Tichý, Rebecka Katz Thor, Joanna Warsza, Michael K. Wilson, Joanna Zawieja.

Published by
Art and Theory 2022

English, hardcover 240 pages 
245 x 175 mm
ISBN 9789198672077