Sam Durant

Sam Durant is an American artist whose sculptures, photographs, drawings and installations examine political memory and the public representation of history. Born in Boston in 1961, he studied at Massachusetts College of Art and the California Institute of the Arts. His work often uses the forms of monuments, protest signs and architectural models to question what societies choose to commemorate.

His Proposal for White and Indian Dead Monument Transpositions, Washington D.C. considered the relocation of memorials connected with colonial violence. Other works address collective political speech and international history. He has exhibited at institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the New Museum.