Radical Museology: or, What's Contemporary in Museums of Contemporary Art? by Claire Bishop

by Claire Bishop

Будущее государственных музеев, способных представлять интересы 99% населения, а не укреплять привилегии меньшинства, никогда еще не было столь мрачным. Или уже было?В ответ на жесткое сокращение государственного финансирования несколько музеев современного искусства разработало убедительные альтернативы мантре «чем больше, тем лучше и богаче». В «Радикальной музеологии» Клэр Бишоп говорит о новом понимании современного в современном искусстве, приводя в пример постоянные экспозиции собраний Музея Ван Аббе в Эйндховене, Музея королевы Софии в Мадриде и Музея современного искусства Metelkova в Любляне. «Радикальная музеология» – страстный манифест в защиту понимания современности как метода, а не как периодизации, в защиту важности политизированной репрезентации истории в музеях современного искусства.Клэр Бишоп – профессор программы докторантуры по истории искусства в Городском Университете Нью-Йорка (CUNY). Дан Пержовски – художник из Бухареста.

Genres: Art, Art History, Nonfiction, Curation, Politics, History, Academic

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First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Lu luentreletras · Rating 5 out of 5]

Disfruté muchísimo leyendo este libro.
Este es un libro que me mandaron a leer para una materia de la carrera y estaba súper entusiamada cuando vi de qué se trataba, porque es todo lo que a mi me interesa: toca el tema del arte contemporáneo, habla de curaduría y de los museos. Además, mis ganas de leerlo aumentaron aún más cuando el librero que le vendió el libro a mi papá habló tantas maravillas de este texto y de lo interesante que estaba.
La verdad, que es un ensayo muy interesante y está muy bueno porque siento que es bastante fácil ingresar a él y leerlo. Es un muy buen libro para arrancar a leer si a uno le interesa leer más sobre cuestiones de arte, arte contemporáneo, curaduría, trabajo de museos, etc. Y la propuesta de la autora me encantó, porque justamente busca romper con el modelo tradicional de museo que viene existiendo hace siglos, y reflexiona a lo largo de las páginas sobre qué es el arte contemporáneo y qué puede aportar el arte contemporáneo y específicamente un museo de arte contemporáneo a la cultura y la sociedad actual. Sus reflexiones y propuestas son súper interesantes y recontra recomiendo este libro

[Ірина Шарова · Rating 5 out of 5]

Окей, ви мали б чути про такі яскраві терміни, як КУРАТОРСТВО та музей СУЧАСНОГО мистецтва.

Пафос пафосом, а я до пуття не розуміла, що це таке, з чим його їсти і взагалі.

Якщо коротко:
▪️"СУЧАСНІСТЬ" для музею - це інсценізація образу чогось нового, "крутого", фотогенічного, з кльовим дизайном і звісно комерційно вигідне.
▪️КУРАТОР - це протилежність колекціонера.
▪️КОЛЕКЦІОНЕР - барахольщик, який цитує слова та предмети поза контекстом, чим руйнує чари історії, її правдивість, її зв'язок із сучасністю.

Крім того, книга розбирає ще два аспекти музеології:
▪️Як зовнішній дизайн музеїв мистецтва "застилає пеленою" від нас сам музей з його вмістом.
▪️Як три абсолютно різні музеї руйнують традицію "колекціонування" і пропонують нові методи дослідження виставок.

До речі, представлені три музеї не ідеальні - хто збитковий, хтось не забезпечує достатньої комунікації відвідувача з експонатами, а в когось є просто недолугі композиції.

Тим не менш, кожен з цих трьох запропонував щось таке, чого музеології потребувала, але не могла вигадати.

[Elba · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Margarete Maneker · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved this, such a great perspective on curational approaches in museums

[Agnes Ársælsdóttir]

Frábær!

[Anaclara · Rating 4 out of 5]

schattig en geeft me zin om nog eens naar het van abbe te gaan

[Adriana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una din acele cărți de care nu știai ca ai nevoie

[Nicoleta Giurgi · Rating 4 out of 5]

no ăsta da început de an

[Suze Geuke · Rating 4 out of 5]

ik had er nooit bij stil gestaan dat 'moderne kunst' hele andere perioden per ander deel van de wereld belichaamt

[Ma. Victoria Ulloa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que importante este libro
El museo como un desfetichador de obras como un archivo común como un narrador del pasado por le medio del diagnóstico del presente y manteniendo siempre la vista al futuro.

[Shokai Sinclair · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a brief investigation into the way that 3 unique museums are are going against the norm of presenting and contextualizing historic and contemporary art. It's a compelling study of how can both reproduce and challenge power and determine value through how they interact with different cultural narratives of past, present, and future. Also check out Bishop's past works on relational aethetics/antagonism.

[Lilia · Rating 4 out of 5]

An absolutely fantastic survey of developing museum practices.

[Kotryna · Rating 3 out of 5]

What does contemporary mean?
How one theorizes on contemporary art?
How a contemporary art museum, often depending on a few philanthropists, exhibits uncomfortable (e.g. political) art beyond tastes, views, or even private collections of its multimillionaire trustees?
How does a contemporary art museum survives and accounts to the public in a place outside few biggest world metropolises with no thriving art market surrounding it?
Should art institutions be built on values? Whose values then?
All of these topics are explored through particular case studies. From MoMA to Tate, the book presents public contemporary art museums in a context of fifty shades of white privilege; from Eindhoven to Ljubljana the author explores contemporary as a method of critical reflection, rather than a point in the chronology.
And though this book is highly informative and makes one think beyond the architecture of the newest contemporary art museum, it should not be taken as an objective research, but rather as a highly political manifesto, full of [leftist] ideology and personal views of the author.

[Rohit Gupta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book when I was trying to understand what is contemporary in art as museum I visited had contemporary in their names but they didn't feel like it. The text is radically worded and introduces several ideas on contemporary curation. I visited René Sofía during the read and found that the ideas made sense. I feel, the book can help me differentiate between a museum and a monument. I didn't enter Guggenheim Bilbao on a recent visit to Bilbao as I felt the museum is just an attraction and may not provide me with a way to interact with art. This is based on concept of 'Starchitecture' in the book. I think if you like visiting museums you should read this book.

[Alen Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Хорошо очерченный манифест «современного музея» как института в первую очередь общества, (а не государства и олигархии) направленного на развитие критического мышления публики, расширения границ восприятия культурной идентичности определённого общества в контексте мировой истории.

Прекрасные живые примеры на трёх довольно разных музеях в Эйндховене, Мадриде и Любляне.

Настоятельно рекомендую начинающим энтузиастам кураторского мастерства и теории критики.

Однако, неизвестно сколько ещё этот труд останется актуальным.

[Julio César · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy buen ensayo corto, bien fundamentado y con un punto conciso. Es de lectura ágil, no deja afuera a los no especialistas. Las ilustraciones de Dan Perjovschi son ocurrentes. Quizás tipografía muy grande e interlineado generoso...

[Amirah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely little book featuring three case studies of museums presenting their collections in interesting, and more progressive ways (in the 2010s). Only three stars from me, because I would have liked a little more context vs just the three examples, but it is a mini-book.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short but inspirational read.

[Sian Lile-Pastore · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was really interesting - and possibly a bit over my head.
its only short tho, so even idiots like me can get through it.

[Caterina · Rating 4 out of 5]

very interesting, looking into what is contemporary and what is the curatorial. i just wish it would have gone deeper and further, i am sure Bishop had a lot more to write on the matter.

[George Sutton · Rating 4 out of 5]

art-affirming and forward looking, if a bit dutifully "good leftist"

[George Squires · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10

[Bryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the case studies that Bishop uses to reimagine the museum field.

[Fatima Sheriff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fatima in her curatorial placement application era? Is it possible to read and talk my way into the arts, Bishop is my first step to finding out.

[Claire Kotsifaki · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is of course banal and predictable to invoke Benjamin at the end of an essay in 2013, but it is striking that his theories have been so influential on visual art yet have had so little impact upon the institutions in which it is shown and histories they narrate.

[Anton Lapov]

Despite there is some evidence of compilation style of this book it's very useful as reference lighthouse for further investigation in topics related to studies of contemporaneity. In fact author strongly argued to methodical flip from presentism strategy of refined "world-market" museum management to conceptual historical paradigm with precise attention to reactualizing and rethinking the past on the way to shape the future of art free from diktat of neoliberal capitalism ideology.

Using such line of thinking Bishop shows three types of museological conceptualization exemplifying it by analysis of curatorial exhibition practice in three european museums (Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Museo Nacional de Reina Sofía in Madrid and MSUM in Ljubljana). Each one from it trying to re-assemblage cultural heritages of country's past due to new economic condition and new historical trends of polynarrativeness.

The book is tasty refined by drawings of romanian visual artist Dan Perjovschi and photos of exhibitions of mentioned museum.

[Lieske Huits · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't think I understood more than the general gist of the book, so I am going to try to re-read this one soon...

For now, I felt like Claire Bishop tries to show us a path to follow in the labyrinth of contemporary museology and exhibitions of contemporary art. The problem with these subjects is that they are vague and multifaceted, and in no way easily explained.
Bishop tries her best with three strong, independent examples to illustrate her plea for a different view and approach to museums of contemporary art, but unfortunately her examples remain abstract and very theoretical.

But as I said, I don't think I understood her essay in it's full complexity, so I will be re-reading this soon, and probably changing my review according to that reading experience.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Довольно интересно, есть много новых для меня мыслей. Конечно, рассмотреть все музеи современного искусства невозможно, поэтому выбор трёх удачных вариантов существования музея современного искусства вполне оправдан.

Кстати! Тут ПОТРЯСАЮЩИЕ иллюстрации, они едва ли не круче текста:)