Sentence examples for contemporary monument from inspiring English sources

What should a contemporary monument look like?

And this, surely, embodies the true enigma of the contemporary monument.

Ms. Awai's design is a humorous, provocative reimagining of what a contemporary monument to Columbus could look like — not on a pedestal, but at our feet.

Other works, including one titled "Angry Edit of a Wikipedia Page" by the artist duo Life of a Craphead (Amy Lam and Jon McCurley), also broaden the definition of what a contemporary monument can be.

Just south of the Forbidden City, past Mao Zedong's palatial mausoleum and across the road from Tiananmen Square, there is a more contemporary monument to Chinese life: the country's first KFC, established in 1987.

This is a contemporary monument.

Our colleagues in graphics consider the bizarre and varied appeal of these contemporary monuments to presidencies past.

Initially populated by spoliated monuments, the periphery loop ultimately is overtaken by contemporary monuments endowed with authenticity.

Scattered throughout the 135-acre campus are outdoor sculptures, contemporary monuments to a climate of intellectual freedom and expression.

Contemporary monuments like Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time," Pierre Boulez's Second Sonata and Philip Glass's "Mad Rush" are balanced against worthy but less frequently heard scores by Mario Davidovsky, George Perle, Alvin Curran and John Zorn.

The memorial forms a sharp contrast with both the earlier monuments of the South African War and most contemporary monuments to the First World War.