This unique book proposes a re-reading of the role artists have played in engaging with the museum. In Australia in particular, the museum has played a significant role in the colonial project and this has generally been cited as the predominant mode of artists engagement with museums. This book expands the post-colonial frame of reference used to interpret this work, to demonstrate the broader implications of the relationship between artists and the museum, and thus to offer an alternative way of understanding recent contemporary practices. The authors central argument is that artists interventions in the institution of the museum have shifted from politically informed critique taking place in museums of fine art, towards a critique of the creation of knowledge taking place in non-art museums. Such critique assumes a number of forms, including the artist acting as curator, art interventions that highlight the use of taxonomic modes of display and categorization, and the engagement with the aesthetics of collections to suggest different readings of objects and artefacts. The book will be essential reading for scholars, professionals and students in the fields ofcontemporary art and museum studies, and in the museum sector. These include artists, curators, museum and gallery managers, postgraduate researchers, art historians, designers and design scholars, art and museum educators, and undergraduate students of visual art, art history, and museum studies.
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