Absence and Difficult Knowledge in Contemporary Art Museums

Sommario

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Presence of Joseph Beuys and the Struggle Over his Legacy in Berlin
Chapter 2: Absencing and Presencing in Exhibition Narratives
Chapter 3: Collectors’ Space and the Agents of Narration
Chapter 4: The Ludwig Collection in Budapest and the Absent Eastern Europe
Chapter 5: Interrogating the Archival Logic
Chapter 6: Archival Absence
Afterword: Turning Absence into Difficult Knowledge

Riassunto

This book analyzes practices of collecting in European art museums from 1989 to the present, arguing that museums actualize absence both consciously and unconsciously, while misrepresentation is an outcome of the absent perspectives and voices of minority community members which are rarely considered in relation to contemporary art.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Margaret Tali, Margaret (Maastricht University) Tali
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.12.2017
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Arte figurativa
• EAN: 9781138054288
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05428-8
• Numero di pagine: 174
• Serie: Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions; Routledge Research in Art Muse; Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions
• Categorie: HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Europe, Theory of art, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, ART / History / General, ART / Museum Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, ART / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, ART / Art & Politics, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries