‘Missing Monuments’

Most monuments in the public arena are centric to power and establishments, conceived as representations of individual or group achievements that have been recognised as exceptional and to have benefited society.

‘Monument to the Pleasures of Periodic Evaluation in the

Context of Iterative Methodologies’

(maquette)

materials: found machined fibreboard and acrylic

dimensions: 20.5 x 18.5 x 20cm

scale: 1:15

2024

No monuments, or few, exist dedicated to the public that celebrate our conventional shared experiences. Everyday occurrences, their interpretation and articulation, develop us as individuals, helping form our life perspectives, aspirations and our individual and universal potentials.

‘Monument to the Process of Interpretation in the

Contextualisation of Abstraction’ (maquette)

materials: found machined fibreboard and acrylic

dimensions: 18 x 14 x 12cm

scale: 1:15

2023

How we perceive or interpret an artwork is unavoidable, individual and unseen, but can we all identify with what that artwork is attempting to represent?

In my ongoing ‘Missing Monument’ series and its development, begun in 2014 with ‘Monument to the Homeless’  (included in the A6 Project at PS Mirabel in Salford that year), my aim is to intervene in the established arena of monumental public art by situating what is missing – the celebration of our own day to day existences devoid of exclusive representation.

‘Monument to the Realisation of a Perceived Motivation’

(maquette)

materials: found machined fibreboard and acrylic

dimensions: 11 x 14 x 5cm

scale: 1:20

2021

Each maquette in the missing monuments series was originally conceived as scale model of what could hopefully be realised as full scale sculpture utilising reclaimed and reused metal alloys in the creation of public art works situated in urban public domains and rural landscapes.

©️ Gary James Williams