The world is in a constant state of upheaval and in recent years we’ve seen various uprisings and societal collapses. What often goes along with that is the destruction of public statues and monuments representative of a formerly oppressive regime.
Statues tend to be heavy things, so when they’re not being dragged into Bristol docks, they’re often dismantled using cranes.
I’ve often been struck by the powerful images of statues of dictators being removed from their plinths, hoisted high in the air, by a chain round their neck. There’s something very brutal and precarious about this image - like a metaphorical lynching of the oppressor.
For this work I propose a temporary (could be permanent) public sculpture that consists of a removed-statue, hanging by a chain round its neck, dangling from a crane.