2012, Artistic intervention by Sarah Trouche, the statue of Josephine is whipped

has description | a une description: In November 2012, artist Sarah Trouche created a performance art piece to open the second edition of the Pool Art Fair in Martinique. Naked, her body entirely covered in red paint, to symbolize the Kalina peoples, she whipped the statue of Empress Josephine for twenty minutes, summoning it to tell us the truth. For this artist, the monument is the symbol of the re-establishment of slavery, and also embodies French colonial power. Her aim is to open up a debate and encourage people to question the presence of such a statue in the public space.
has type | est de type: contestation
carried out by | réalisée par: Sarah Trouche, artist.
took place at | a eu lieu dans: Place de la Savane, Fort-de-France, Martinique, France
took place on or within | a eu lieu le ou dans l'intervalle de temps: 2012

is referred to by | est référencé par: Anny Dominique Curtius, « Of naked body and beheaded statue : performing conflicting history in Fort-de-France » in Donatien-Yssa, Patricia Auteur, et Rodolphe Auteur Solbiac, éd. 2015. Critical perspectives on conflict in Caribbean societies of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Newcastle upon Tyne (GB), Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande du Nord: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.; Flogging Joséphine; Valérie-Ann Edmond Mariette et Adélaïde Marine Gougeon, « Statue de Joséphine de Beauharnais, Fort-de-France », Cast in Stone

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Statue of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Fort-de-France