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AROUND
a Place of Remembrance, Reverence and Reflection
THE WORLD
This year tens of millions of people will die and last year there could have
been more or less than the amount the year before that. With the death of
each one of those deceased individuals comes mourning for most and for
the important, or for those who can afford to buy importance, a memorial
is erected in their name or image. For those monumental events that occur
over the course of history, which may or may not include people dying,
monuments can be found. The following are some of the more unique or
less known where people come to pay respect or simply to enjoy.
Andres Verela Oslo, Norway A sculptor needs space. Space to work, space to exhibit. In 1907 Norwegian Gustav Vigeland was
commissioned to create a fountain for the city of Kristiana which became the starting point for a
steadily growing sculpture park. As more ideas took shape, the lack of
space in his studio led Vigeland and the City Council to reach an
agreement. Vigeland donated all his works to the city in exchange for a
purpose-built studio, which would also function as a museum housing
them. In 1924 he moved into his new studio in the Frogner district of
Oslo, and following his death two decades later, the Vigeland Park features
over 200 of his works. I arrived early, wandering alone between the bronze
and granite pieces, and later as tourists and locals disrupted my private
view, my gallery became a park, a living public space.
Desmond Cannon Dublin, Ireland
I visit my father’s grave in Deansgrange Cemetery in South County
Dublin whenever I feel the need to. I usually wander a little afterwards.
One afternoon I came across a very large & ornate grave with a very large
marble plinth atop which rested this sublime statue, depicting Mary with
the body of Jesus. It literally stood out from all the rest due to its sheer size
& the instant impact it had on me. Mary Jane Lelia (Molly) McGrath
died, aged just 17, on the first of July 1947. This grave memorial
monument now stands as a silent but magnificent testimony to the love of
a family for a much loved and missed young woman, taken in her prime.
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