1 Christopher Reed, 'Imminent Domain: Queer Space in the Built Environment,' Art Journal 55, no. Taken together, these works demonstrate an intense desire, in the words of art historian Christopher Reed, to leave a 'queer mark on the physical environment.' They also map a move from figurative representation, through post-minimalist gestures, to shifting moments of public affect and ephermerality. Later works include Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset's Berlin-based concrete cuboid/video memorial to homosexuals persecuted under the Nazi regime and Paul Harfleet's ongoing public interventions from The Pansy Project in the U.K. Among them are George Segal's conventional life-sized bronze statues, Gay Liberation, in the United States and Karin Daan's triangular, pink granite Homomonument in Amsterdam.
Since the 1980s, various individuals and publics have dedicated memorials to LGBTQ communities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other European countries. Through this online exhibit, artist collective John Q maps discursive memorials at public sites in Atlanta's queer histories.
