Museums after Modernism: Strategies of Engagement (New Interventions in Art History)

Museums After Modernism is a unique collectionthat showcases the ways questions about the museum go to the heart of contemporary debates about the production, consumption and distribution of art. The book features expert artists, curators and art historians who grapple with many of the vibrant issues in museum studies, while paying homage to a new museology that needs to be considered. Examines the key contemporary debates in museum studies Includes original essays by noted artists, curators, and art historians Engages with vital issues in the practice of art-making and art-exhibiting Edited by the world-renowned art historian and author, Griselda Pollock Content: Chapter 1 Un?Framing the Modern: Critical Space/Public Possibility (pages 1–39): Griselda Pollock Chapter 2 Women's Rembrandt (pages 40–69): Mieke Bal Chapter 3 Museums and the Native Voice (pages 70–79): Gerald McMaster Chapter 4 Exhibiting Africa after Modernism: Globalization, Pluralism, and the Persistent Paradigms of Art and Artifact (pages 80–103): Ruth B. Phillips Chapter 5 Mirroring Evil, Evil Mirrored: Timing, Trauma, and Temporary Exhibitions (pages 104–118): Reesa Greenberg Chapter 6 A Place for Uncertainty: Towards a New Kind of Museum (pages 119–130): Vera Frenkel Chapter 7 The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi: Notes on Gesture, Medium, and Mediation (pages 131–140): Mary Kelly Chapter 8 Riksutstallningar: Swedish Traveling Exhibitions (pages 141–156): Ulla Arnell Chapter 9 Reframing Participation in the Museum: A Syncopated Discussion (pages 157–172): Janna Graham and Shadya Yasin Chapter 10 “There is No Such Thing as a Visitor” (pages 173–177): Judith Mastai Chapter 11 “Anxious Dust”: History and Repression in the Archives of Mary Kelly (pages 178–189): Judith Mastai Chapter 12 On Discourse as Monument: Institutional Spaces and Feminist Problematics (pages 190–224): Juli Carson __Museums After Modernism__ is a unique collectionthat showcases the ways questions about the museum go to the heart of contemporary debates about the production, consumption and distribution of art. The book features expert artists, curators and art historians who grapple with many of the vibrant issues in museum studies, while paying homage to a new museology that needs to be considered. * Examines the key contemporary debates in museum studies * Includes original essays by noted artists, curators, and art historians * Engages with vital issues in the practice of art-making and art-exhibiting * Edited by the world-renowned art historian and author, Griselda Pollock Content: Chapter 1 Un?Framing the Modern: Critical Space/Public Possibility (pages 1–39): Griselda PollockChapter 2 Women's Rembrandt (pages 40–69): Mieke BalChapter 3 Museums and the Native Voice (pages 70–79): Gerald McMasterChapter 4 Exhibiting Africa after Modernism: Globalization, Pluralism, and the Persistent Paradigms of Art and Artifact (pages 80–103): Ruth B. PhillipsChapter 5 Mirroring Evil, Evil Mirrored: Timing, Trauma, and Temporary Exhibitions (pages 104–118): Reesa GreenbergChapter 6 A Place for Uncertainty: Towards a New Kind of Museum (pages 119–130): Vera FrenkelChapter 7 The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi: Notes on Gesture, Medium, and Mediation (pages 131–140): Mary KellyChapter 8 Riksutstallningar: Swedish Traveling Exhibitions (pages 141–156): Ulla ArnellChapter 9 Reframing Participation in the Museum: A Syncopated Discussion (pages 157–172): Janna Graham and Shadya YasinChapter 10 “There is No Such Thing as a Visitor” (pages 173–177): Judith MastaiChapter 11 “Anxious Dust”: History and Repression in the Archives of Mary Kelly (pages 178–189): Judith MastaiChapter 12 On Discourse as Monument: Institutional Spaces and Feminist Problematics (pages 190–224): Juli Carson "Museums After Modernism is a diverse set of essays that addresses the urgent question of how the museum can be a public institution, a focus for critical debate and knowledge in an era when museums and galleries are increasingly being subsumed into national heritage and civic tourist industries through blockbusters and managed education programs. The book uniquely brings together artists, curators, art historians, and users to explore the strategies for non-canonical and creative fostering of the museum as a public space for dialogue and transformation in the postcolonial era. Combining theoretical reflections on the histories of the museum with recent case studies, "Museums After Modernism" goes beyond current museology and reconsiders the strategies of engagement with what the museum could be after modernism."--Book cover Showcases the ways questions about the museum go to the heart of contemporary debates about the production, consumption and distribution of art. This book features expert artists, curators and art historians who grapple with many of the issues in museum studies, while paying homage to a different museology that needs to be considered * Examines the most important issues at the heart of contemporary debates in museum studies. * Includes original essays by noted artists, curators, and art historians. * Engages with vital issues in the practice of art-making and art-exhibiting. * Edited by the world-renowned art historian and author, Griselda Pollock.