![gramsci monument portrait](http://critical-theory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gramsci-monument-portrait.jpg)
The Gramsci Monument, a project from artist Thomas Hirschhorn located in the Bronx, ended its scheduled 3 month run earlier this week. The monument was more of a ad-hoc community center inspired by Gramsci and less of a “statue of a dead white man.”
The New York Times wrote:
Resembling a home for postapocalyptic survivors, it has a library stocked with books on political and social theory; a radio station; a space for producing a daily newspaper; a snack bar; and a stage for musical and theatrical performances. There’s a room equipped with computers and another with a small exhibition of the personal effects of Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937), including a comb, slippers and a wallet.
The monument drew an impressive list of guest speakers, including Frank Wilderson III, Simon Critchley and Gayatri Spivak.
Photos of those speakers and monument below.
![spivak gramsci](http://critical-theory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/spivak-gramsci.jpg)
![wilderson gramsci 2](http://critical-theory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wilderson-gramsci-2.jpg)