The absent museum: blueprint for a museum of contemporary art for the capital of Europe

The Absent Museum' is a large thematic exhibition that explores the absence of museums in public debates today. What relation can exist between historical awareness and aesthetic commitment? How can artists maintain the tension between globalisation's paradoxes and history's turbulenc...

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Other Authors: Snauwaert, Dirk 1963- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
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Summary:The Absent Museum' is a large thematic exhibition that explores the absence of museums in public debates today. What relation can exist between historical awareness and aesthetic commitment? How can artists maintain the tension between globalisation's paradoxes and history's turbulences, and their individual sensibilities and voices? Works and new productions by around 49 artists - both contemporary and those active in the recent past - map what is at stake for museums and the societies that inspire them. Exhibition: Wiels & Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium (20.04-13.08.2017)
Physical Description:224 Seiten
ISBN:9789462301740
9780300229141

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