Consisting of seven parts, Radical Museology is an essay discussing issues related to the contemporary and museums of contemporary art in the world. In response to cuts in public funding, some of these institutions, as elaborated by author Claire Bishop, have found alternatives to their displaying strategies.
By discussing three museums of contemporary art, including the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Museo Nacional de Reina Sofia in Madrid, and MSUM in Ljubljana, Bishop theorises the contemporary not as a periodising tool but as a method that could help foster new understanding of art nowadays. These eventually turn to be catalysts of rethinking the role of museums, as well as the modalities of spectatorship these would enable.
The book is supplemented with drawings by Romanian artist Dan Perjovschi.
By discussing three museums of contemporary art, including the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Museo Nacional de Reina Sofia in Madrid, and MSUM in Ljubljana, Bishop theorises the contemporary not as a periodising tool but as a method that could help foster new understanding of art nowadays. These eventually turn to be catalysts of rethinking the role of museums, as well as the modalities of spectatorship these would enable.
The book is supplemented with drawings by Romanian artist Dan Perjovschi.
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Onsite
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Location code
REF.BIC2
Language
English
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Publication/Creation date
2013
No of pages
79
ISBN / ISSN
9783863353643
No of copies
1
Content type
monograph
Chapter headings
I. Going Inside
II. Museums of Contemporary Art
III. Theorizing the Contemporary
IV. Time Machines: The Van Abbemuseum
V. Archive of the Commons: The Reina Sofia
VI. Repetitions: MSUM Ljubljana
VII. Dialectical Contemporaneity
Radical Museology, or, What's 'Contemporary' in Museums of Contemporary Art
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