“Art, morality, and philosophy “serve” politics,; that is, they are “implicated” in politics, they may be reduced to a moment of it but not vice versa: politics destroys art, philosophy, morality.” (Notebook 4)

 I thought this wall was interesting because it highlighted the parts of life that Gramsci either was interested in or believed was important. The most interesting thing though is that there is no panel for politics. This directly relates to the quote, in which Gramsci believes that politics destroys art, philosophy, and morality. When the creator of the Gramsci Monument, Thomas Hirschhorn, spoke of Occupy Wallstreet protesters feeling some sort  of partnership between themselves and him, he said it with a humorously amused tone. The idea that their political movement was somehow related to his art piece was silly to him, because as Gramsci believed, politics has no place in art, and even destroys it.

Maximilian Cohen