How Do We Create an RBG Memorial That Isn?t Terrible"
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As Governor Cuomo calls for a Ruth Bader Ginsburg statue in Brooklyn, we asked people with arts-commission experience where the pitfalls lie. The morning after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg?s death, bouquets of roses and sunflowers, signs and notes expressing grief and gratitude, votive candles, and even action figures surrounded the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., Meanwhile, in New York, vigils convened at the lower Manhattan courthouse and shrines appeared at Columbia University (Ginsburg?s alma mater) and the Flatbush high school she attended. And Governor Cuomo ? known instigator of the grand gesture ? announced plans to build a monument to her in Brooklyn, her birthplace.
?[S]he was a monumental figure of equality, and we can all agree she deserves a monument in her honor,? Governor Cuomo said in a statement tweeted out at 11 a.m. on Saturday. ?Her legacy will live on in the progress she created for our society, and this statue will serve as a physical reminder of her many contributions to the America we know today and as an inspiration for those who will continue to build on her immense body of work for generations to come.? Creating public monuments ? good ones, anyway ? is hard. And there are plenty of ways that this process ? as with any public process ? could go awry and produce something boring, or obvious or, worse yet, meaningless. And RBG deserves something that goes right.
First of all, why does it have to be a ?statue&...
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