CARME CENTER. Museum, 2
The exhibition Phantom '77. Iconoclasm spanish arrives at the Center del Carme to analyze the public iconography of Franco's regime at a time when statues of presidents, kings and confederate soldiers are attacked in London (Churchill), Antwerp (Leopoldo II) y Richmond (Confederate General Williams Carter) in protest against the institutionalized racism that the West has exercised and continues to exercise within and outside its borders. In Spain, the parliamentary monarchy born in 1977 inherited the Francoist symbols spread throughout streets and squares throughout the country., which has caused strong social tensions, legal and political in recent years. The Amnesty Law approved during the sacrosanct Transition freed the Franco dictatorship from all legal responsibility, very questionable decision, but what this exhibition asks, knowing that Franco and his henchmen cannot be held accountable, es: What do we do with its representation? Should we let Francoism settle into Spanish history aseptically?? The exhibition focuses on nine large equestrian statues of Franco erected in public places to question different layers that have to do with the relationship between dictatorship and democracy within the Spanish State and with the presence of the dictator's image.. What do we do with it once it is removed from public roads?? Do we place it in museums or other institutions where visitors can see it?? Do we keep them in warehouses? Do we melt the sculptures? Do we reinterpret them? AU
