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Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of MonumentsAn exploration of the impact and cultural significance of the legendary Rocky statue located at the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Arts steps. Fifty years after the premiere of the original Rocky movie, the legacy of the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa endures, as millions of people visit the Rocky statue located outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art each year. Commemorating the most famous Philadelphian who never lived, the landmark has become a
An exploration of the impact and cultural significance of the legendary Rocky statue located at the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s steps.
Fifty years after the premiere of the original Rocky movie, the legacy of the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa endures, as millions of people visit the Rocky statue located outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art each year. Commemorating the most famous Philadelphian who never lived, the landmark has become a monument with its own cultural mystique. In Rising Up, Paul Farber and a diverse group of scholars, cultural figures, literary critics, and artists tell the stories around the statue—of immigrant neighborhoods, Philadelphia’s Black boxing legends, the fight for the future of public spaces, and the changing meanings of monuments today. These stories reveal how our monuments reflect civic power and historical identity while raising questions about social belonging. Recalling Rocky’s story of going the distance, Rising Up also asks why we root for underdogs, untangling the dualities of struggle and triumph, vulnerability and strength, and strife and solidarity embodied in the iconic statue.
Edited by Paul M. Farber
Contributors: Laurie Allen, Garrett Brown, Caro Campos, Alex Da Corte, Thomas Devaney, Christian Gonzalez Ho, Laura M. Holzman, Malcolm Jenkins, Brent Leggs, Eleanor Nairne, Carrie Rickey, Kirk Savage, A. Thomas Schomberg, Salamishah Tillet, and Yolanda Wisher
Monument Lab is a nonprofit public art, history, and design studio based in Philadelphia. We are dedicated to advancing justice by reimagining monuments as places for learning, healing, and belonging. For more information and to support, visit MonumentLab.com.
Product Details
Publisher: Distributed by Yale University Press for the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Publish Date: May, 2026
Pages: 140
Language: English
Type: Paperpack
Dimensions: 5 x 10
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