Abstract
This paper delves into the concept of artistic creation from engagement with museum collections and the intimate connection between museum curation the post-modern and contemporary artist. I discuss the work of Nedko Solakov at the Frans Hals Museum, Jenny Holzer and Donald Judd at the Museum of Applied Art in Vienna, and Fred Wilson at the Baltimore Historical Society. These artists intentionally reengaged with art and museum objects via deliberate installations and clever interventions to broaden the narrative and in some instances, contest the hierarchical dissemination of knowledge provided by the curator and the museum. Museums of the past espoused history told from a western, Anglo-Saxon perspective, which dominated the presented narrative of the museum and often excluded conflicting views and memories. I expand on the ways that contemporary artists confront the museum’s failure to address those episodes through museum specific artwork.
Dissent and Disruption: How Artists Redefine Museum Spaces and Audience Engagement
This paper delves into the concept of artistic creation from engagement with museum collections and the intimate connection between museum curation the post-modern and contemporary artist. I discuss the work of Nedko Solakov at the Frans Hals Museum, Jenny Holzer and Donald Judd at the Museum of Applied Art in Vienna, and Fred Wilson at the Baltimore Historical Society. These artists intentionally reengaged with art and museum objects via deliberate installations and clever interventions to broaden the narrative and in some instances, contest the hierarchical dissemination of knowledge provided by the curator and the museum. Museums of the past espoused history told from a western, Anglo-Saxon perspective, which dominated the presented narrative of the museum and often excluded conflicting views and memories. I expand on the ways that contemporary artists confront the museum’s failure to address those episodes through museum specific artwork.
