The grandfathering of William Lyon Mackenzie King (1).(Prime Minister of Canada and Ontario public monument)

From: American Review of Canadian Studies | Date: December 22, 2002| Author: Duffy, Dennis | Copyright information

Whatever its actual location, any public monument stands in the slot where politics collides with cultural politics. Energies beyond the purely aesthetic are always at play. Consider for a moment the currents that bore the monument there in the first place. Power--the power to control public space and what resides there--operates at a deeper level than any hole dug for the statue's foundation. Governments exercise that power over the public gaze. Governors in turn sway governments, ...

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