Title: The museum establishment and contemporary art : the politics of artistic display in France after 1968 /
Authors: DeRoo, Rebecca J.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Messager, Annette, Influence.; Boltanski, Christian, Influence.; Centre Georges Pompidou.; General strikes France; Art museums France Management Social aspects.; Art and society France History; Artists and museums France History; College students France Paris Political activity.; Art museums France Management.; College students Political activity France Paris.; General strike France
Abstract: "This book provides an in-depth account of the protests that shook France in 1968 and which served as a catalyst to a radical reconsideration of artistic practice that has shaped both art and museum exhibitions up to the present Rebecca J. DeRoo examines how issues of historical and personal memory, the separation of public and private domains, and the ordinary objects of everyday life emerged as central concerns for museums and for artists, as both struggled to respond to the protests."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Museums as political centers -- Dismantling art institutions: the 1968 explosion of social awareness -- Christian Boltanski's personal memorabilia: remaking museums in the wake of 1968 -- Annette Messager's images of the everyday: the feminist recasting of '68 -- Institutionalizing '68: the Pompidou Center -- America and Europe post-Pompidou: sustaining the political mission of the museum.