The works will honor Vietnamese refugees, queer Black musicians, and more.
Stories told in stone abound on the National Mall, but a new outdoor exhibition series—aptly titled “”—seeks to commemorate the narratives that remain missing from the sprawling civic space. Beyond Granite’s inaugural exhibit, entitled “Pulling Together,” includes six temporary art installations that will be on view starting Friday, August 18.
“The pilot will look at how these temporary installations can enhance the dialogue on the Mall,” said Julie Moore, vice president of communications for the Trust for the National Mall. “It’ll be a way to bring new perspectives and new voices to the commemorative landscape.”Monument Lab While it’s not the first time that artists have constructed temporary monuments on the Mall—a recent example is the sea ofthat represented lives lost to Covid-19—it is the the first curated outdoor exhibition in the park’s history, according to the Trust.
You need to go through an extraordinary amount of work through regulation and funding in order to have permanent coverage on the National Mall, so this is a way for more stories to be told without those barriers to entry.”
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