Belgian Colonial Monuments 2 missingimgs commentary

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cultural exchange and the legacies of others

and Jan-Erik Lundström made a mark on both art and curating in their time at institutions such as Kulturhuset and Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm and Borås Konstmuseum and Bildmuseet in Umeå

generating a collective and political representation of domestic space

Belgian Colonial Monuments 2 missingimgs commentaryAn inventory of 40 colonial monuments related to the Belgian colonial past, from King Leopold IIs Free State to the independence of Congo in 1960, which to date and without exception can all be found in the Belgian public space. Today we experience monuments and the symbolism of memory and veneration in a different way than when they were conceived. The colonial era still has an impact on todays society, which is why the memorials are now rightly