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The Legacy of J.P. Coen
By jawekkwakman · NL
Kwakman takes Hoorn's monument to J.P. Coen and alters it. Arms, legs and other body parts of victims cling to Coen's body — no longer separate figures, but part of the man on the pedestal. Not behind him, not beneath his plinth, not far off in history: attached to him. Not a reconstruction of Banda, but a metaphor. The original monument says look at this man. This image asks who is missing from it — and what happens when those who vanished from a monument become attached to it again.Kwakman takes Hoorn's monument to J.P. Coen and alters it. Arms, legs and other body parts of victims cling to Coen's body — no longer separate figures, but part of the man on the pedestal. Not behind him, not beneath his plinth, not far off in history: attached to him. Not a reconstruction of Banda, but a metaphor. The original monument says look at this man. This image asks who is missing from it — and what happens when those who vanished from a monument become attached to it again.