Australian Artists in the Contemporary Museum
Author | : Dr Jennifer Barrett |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2014-05-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781409442493 |
ISBN-13 | : 1409442497 |
Rating | : 4/5 (497 Downloads) |
Download or read book Australian Artists in the Contemporary Museum written by Dr Jennifer Barrett and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Australia, the artist’s engagement with the museum is traditionally regarded as having an important role in the colonial project but, as times have changed, the post-colonial viewpoint has come to the fore. The authors of Australian Artists and the Museum propose that the artists’ engagement has moved from politically informed critique taking place in museums of fine art, towards a critique of the creation of knowledge taking place in non-art museums, assuming new forms, including the artist acting as curator, art interventions that highlight the use of taxonomic modes of display and categorization, and the engagement with the aesthetics of collections to suggest different readings of objects and artefacts.