The Sam Houston Monument and Thomas Hirschhorn's Gramsci Monument both serve as tributes to influential figures, but they do so in markedly different ways. The Sam Houston Monument, a traditional bronze statue, commemorates the Texan leader's legacy with a formal and exalted representation that evokes admiration and reverence. In contrast, Hirschhorn's Gramsci Monument, an installation in a public housing complex in the Bronx, is constructed from