Bronze statue of a mermaid, Folkestone by Cornelia Parker, 2011. Photograph by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent.

This lecture considers how monuments and memorials shift to other concerns. How sculpture plays an important role in cities and the growth of sculpture parks in the mid-twentieth century and becomes a challenging space for social encounters. Some examples include the work of Anthony Gormley, Anish Kapoor and Cornelia Parker.

Lecturer Anna Moszynska is a London-based lecturer and writer specialising in contemporary art. During the 1990s, she oversaw the development of the subject as the first Master’s Degree at Sotheby’s Institute. She has also taught at other institutions in London including The City Lit, the Royal Academy and Tate, as well as lecturing in cities ranging from Dubai to New York and Berlin to Sydney, and guest lectures on the Sotheby’s Institute MA in Contemporary Art. Her books include Abstract Art (1990, enlarged ed. 2020) and Sculpture Now (2013), both published by Thames & Hudson, and two books on the drawings of Antony Gormley.