In and Out of View : Art and the Dynamics of Circulation, Suppression, and Censorship

"In and Out of View represents a significant contribution to the literature on censorship. The twenty-two components of this anthology, which include essays, interviews, and statements by over forty contributors from diverse backgrounds and practices, focus on art production and reception from the mid-twentieth century to the present in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. At issue are not only governmental restrictions but also discursive effects, such as erasure and distortion resulting from institutional policies, interpretive methods, and canonical processes. Crucial considerations concerning death, violence, authoritarianism, colonialism, labor, global capitalism, immigration, race, religion, sexuality, social justice, activism, disability, campus speech, and cultural destruction are highlighted. The volume, which models an expansion in how censorship is discursively framed, invites consideration of the shifting contexts, values, and needs through which artwork moves in and out of view"-- Provided by publisher Cover Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Catha Paquette, Karen Kleinfelder, and Christopher Miles PART I Deadly Serious 1 Subjugated Knowledges, Revisionist Histories, and the Problem of Visibility: Carrie Mae Weems and Ken Gonzales-Day Nizan Shaked 2 Damage Control: Teresa Margolles, the Mexican Government, and the 2009 Venice Biennale Mexican Pavilion Ana Garduño 3 Death Matters Kerstin Mey PART II The Sexual (In)Sight 4 Art/Obscenity/Underground Cinema in West Germany, 1968–72: Circulating through the Debates Megan Hoetger 5 Impossible to Image: Art and Sexual Violence, 1975–79 Angelique Szymanek 6 De-Shaming Shame: A Conversation John Fleck and Kevin Duffy 7 Only the Stupid Are Overt: Covert Censorship in the American Museum Jonathan D. Katz PART III Under Deliberation: Artful Activism 8 Tucumán Arde and the Changing Face of Censorship Fabián Cereijido 9 The Discursive Roots of Censorship: Neoliberalism’s Rendering of Chican@ Art Karen Mary Davalos 10 Tools and Obstacles: A Conversation Daniel Joseph Martínez, Carol A. Wells, and Nizan Shaked 11 Remaining in Sight: Andrea Bowers’s Art Lessons from Activists Peter R. Kalb PART IV Framed: Institutional and Governmental Constraints 12 In and Out of Sites: Disability and Access in the Work of Park McArthur and Carmen Papalia Elizabeth Guffey 13 Culture, State, and Revolution: Arts Wars between Religious and Secular Autocracies in Post-Revolution Egypt Sonali Pahwa and Jessica Winegar 14 Knowing/Caring: A Conversation Ai Weiwei and Alexandra Munroe PART V Contested Objects: (Re)Presenting Cultural Heritage 15 Re-Indigenizing Native Space in a University Context Craig Stone 16 African Cultural Heritage: Erasure, Restitution, and Digital Image Regimes Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie 17 Censorship and Creative (Re)Production: A Conversation Morehshin Allahyari and Brittany Ransom PART VI Matters of Race: Campus (Un)Learning 18 Our Compliance: Provocation and Valuation Ashley Powell and Kara Walker 19 Presenting/Canceling N*W*C*: Creative Expression, Speech Rights, and Pedagogy Jane Conoley, Maulana Karenga, Karen Kleinfelder, Cyrus Parker-Jeannette, Michele Roberge, Elena Roznovan and Cintia Segovia, Griselda Suarez-Barajas, Andrew Vaca, Jaye Austin Williams, and Teri Shaffer Yamada 20 American Monument 25/2018: Students Respond Andrea A. Guerrero and CSULB School of Art Concerned Students of Color and Allies Afterwords Svetlana Mintcheva and Laura Raicovich Contributors Index

In and Out of View models an expansion in how censorship is discursively framed. Contributors from diverse backgrounds, including artists, art historians, museum specialists, and students, address controversial instances of art production and reception from the mid-20th century to the present in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Their essays, interviews, and statements invite consideration of the shifting contexts, values, and needs through which artwork moves in and out of view. At issue are governmental restrictions and discursive effects, including erasure and distortion resulting from institutional policies, canonical processes, and interpretive methods. Crucial considerations concerning death/violence, authoritarianism, (neo)colonialism, global capitalism, labor, immigration, race, religion, sexuality, activism/social justice, disability, campus speech, and cultural destruction are highlighted. The anthology-a thought-provoking resource for students and scholars in art history, museum and cultural studies, and creative practices-represents a timely and significant contribution to the literature on censorship.