Reconstructing Exhibitions in Art Institutions

Reconstructing Exhibitions in Art Institutions explores the theme of exhibitions as political resistance and cultural critique from global perspectives, including South Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the USA, and West Europe. The book includes contributions by ten authors from various fields and examines exhibition reconstructions as a symptom of advanced capitalism, geopolitical dynamics, and social uprisings. Art historical areas covered include conceptualism, minimalism, modern painting, global modernisms, archives, and community arts.

Format: Hardback
Length: 226 pages
Publication date: 13 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Spanning a wide range of exhibition histories, from anti-apartheid activism within South African community arts to collectivities and trade unions in Argentina, Civil Rights movements and Black communities in Baltimore, institutional self-critique within the neoliberal museum, reframing feminisms in the United States, and revisiting Cold War Modernisms in Eastern Europe, this edited volume explores the theme of exhibitions as political resistance and cultural critique from global perspectives. An interdisciplinary project with a truly global reach, the book brings together ten authors from diverse fields such as art history, social sciences, anthropology, museum studies, provenance research, curating, and exhibition histories.

The volume examines exhibition reconstructions not only as a symptom of advanced capitalism, geopolitical dynamics, and social uprisings but also as a critique of imperial and capitalist violence. Art historical areas covered in the book include conceptualism, minimalism, modern painting, global modernisms, archives, and community arts.

This comprehensive volume will appeal to a wide range of audiences, including art historians, curators, gallery studies and museum professionals, as well as scholars and students from anthropology, ethnography, sociology, and history. It will also interest a general public with an interest in modern and contemporary art exhibitions.

Weight: 610g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367234218