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taking a wrecking ball to monuments – contemporary art can ask what really needs tearing down

  • Written by Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University
taking a wrecking ball to monuments – contemporary art can ask what really needs tearing downTony Albert in You Wreck Me (2020). Supplied

As the Black Lives Matter protests raged across the world, I was sent a post on Facebook that read,

Donald J Trump now lives at 1600 Black Lives Matter Plaza, NW, Washington, DC 20500.

The post referred to the mural painted in front of Lafayette Square. In bright yellow paint, the words “Black...

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