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Beyond the museum as muse: collecting, classifying, and displaying objects in contemporary artistic practice
DownloadFall 2011
Working within the framework of the museum rather than attempting to resist it, Karsten Bott, Portia Munson, Kelly Mark and Jac Leirner represent the current generation of artists who are critically engaged with the museum. In this thesis I will make the case that by using their own collections,...
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2016-02-23
From the Surface is an exhibition haunted by the presence of the global ecological crisis. As I implicate the viewer in a web of associations between word, image, and thing, I invite contemplation of our place in a changing world. I seek to unsettle the comfortable illusion that humanity is...
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2013-04-30
A literature review of 21st century reference collections with a focus on weeding and highlighting electronic reference materials.