Curious lessons in the museum : the pedagogic potential of artists' interventions / Claire Robins.
Published / Created:
Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2013.
Physical Description:
ix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.
Contents:
Shifting priorities for learning in the museum -- Historical tracings of artists' interventions in the early twentieth century -- Historical tracings of artists' interventions in the mid-twentieth century -- Humour, irony and parody in artists' interventions -- Jokers, tricksters and the parafictional -- An elite experience for everyone : a case study intervention at the William Morris Gallery, London -- The role of artists' interventions in opening up micro, counter and affective narratives in museum interpretation -- Artists' interventions and the reflexive museum : addressing difference -- The affable interventionists.
Subject Terms:
Artists and museums. | Art museums -- Environmental aspects. | Art museums -- Exhibitions. | Museum techniques.