Art and artifact
Subtitle: the museum as medium
By: James Putnam
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. pbk. ed.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780500288351
Subjects: Artists and museums; Museums; Philosophy; Art; Exhibition techniques; Installations (Art); Catalogs; Modern Art
Description: "The increasing trend towards collaborations between practising artists and museum curators has in some cases involved the rehanging of existing collections or redesigning of gallery spaces. In this way the probing instinct of the creative mind counterbalances the sense of permanence and order associated with the museum in a constructive dialogue involving elements of the past, present and future."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "With 290 illustrations, 239 in color."

Previous ed.: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: Open the box; title: The museum effect; title: Art or artifact; title: Public inquiry; title: Framing the frame; title: Curator/creator; title: On the inside; title: Without walls.