The museum establishment and contemporary art
Subtitle: the politics of artistic display in France after 1968
By: Rebecca J. DeRoo.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780521841092
Subjects: Boltanski, Christian, 1944- -- Influence.; Messager, Annette, 1943- -- Influence.; Centre Georges Pompidou.; Art museums -- France -- Management -- Social aspects.; Art and society -- France -- History -- 20th century.; Artists and museums -- France -- History -- 20th century.; College students -- France -- Paris -- Political activity.; General strike -- France -- 1968.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Discovering museums as political centers; title: Dismantling art institutions: the 1968 explosion of social awareness; title: Boltanski's memorabilia: remaking museums in the wake of 1968; title: Messager's images of the everyday: the feminist recasting of '68; title: Institutionalizing '68: the Pompidou Center; title: America and Europe post-Pompidou: sustaining the new political mission of the museum.