ENC-4218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Coleman Young, Time Inc., Metonymy
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Monument to joe lewis is a resource for public memory and cultural projection. Highlights certain values and experiences, evoking intense emotions, Values not universal, but local and contingent, Invites judgment by the public because of its location. In a museum it could be ignored; in a public space it clearly could not (91) Attempts to control the look and space of the city. Robert graham people bring their own experiences to the sculpture. I wanted to leave the image open, allowing it to become a symbol rather than make it specific . Louis" wife: it could be anybody"s arm . Relies upon the use of a single characteristics to identify a more complex. Might downplay other attributes essential to his humanity. Using one part to symbolize the whole might objectify and dismember that whole person. A part of something can stand for the whole. Fear of racialized violence, fear of otherness.
