One example is Monument against Fascism
Hamburg-Harburg, Germany 1986
Jochen Gerz and Esther Shalev-Gerz
The artists decided to erect a monument against fascism, after its development the residents and visitors were invited to engrave their names and initials onto to the monument as a way to support the protest against fascism, the monument was 1200 x 100 x 100 cm and weighted 7 t. after the accessible parts of the monument were covered in signatures it was lowered until it was completely covered in a total of 70,000 names and signatures, it was lower eight times until its disappearance in 1993, remaining a text reading in seven languages.
We invite the citizens of Harburg, and visitors to the town, to add…show more content… As the holocaust remains the most powerful memorial of all times there are other important monuments to be considered for example
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Another example of Counter monument
Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, DC
Often the most powerful monuments stir controversy and a prime example of this is Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, in Washington DC.
This work articulated lost without redemption. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial because of the non-traditional design of a memorial there was much controversy.
The initial idea was to ca create an opening wound in the earth to symbolize the gravity and lost of those lost Soulja's of the Vietnam war. now the finished design is a granite wall and V-shaped with one side pointing to the Lincoln memorial and the other to the Washington monument.
Family and friends of the American military casualty in Vietnam now visit the memorial and personal tokens and mementos are left at the wall daily in their memory
Conclusion.
Both Monuments and Counter-monuments still hold a great place in society although most artists now argue that Counter-monuments maybe a more effective. I somehow agree, after reading numerous articles
