Mythologies
Contributors: Tufnell, Ben; Putnam, James
Publisher: Haunch of Venison; Cornerhouse Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781905620357
Subjects: Modern Art; Exhibitions; Art and mythology
Description: "The exhibition takes as its starting point the previous role of 6 Burlington Gardens as the Museum of Mankind. Between 1970 and 1997, the building housed the British Museum's vast ethnographic collections and staged a series of important exhibitions on subjects from the Mexican Day of the Dead to Japanese kites, from Thomas Stanford Raffles to Indonesian shadow plays." -- p. 8 and 11.
Notes: "Published ... on the occasion of the exhibition 'Mythologies' at Haunch of Venison, London, 12 March-25 April 2009"--P. preceding t.p.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cobwebs & curiosities, serpents & skulls / Ben Tufnell; title: The museum of mythologies / James Putnam; title: Miscellanies: a compendium of artists, curiosities, oddities, natural wonders, philosophies, theories, propositions & other diverse & unusual subjects; title: Appendices.