Status Updates From Enigmatic Objects: Notes to...

[There are 2 distinct models in exhibiting] objects in a museum. One is based on "wonder," an object's power "to stop the viewer in his tracks, to convey an arresting sense of uniqueness, to evoke an exalted attention," & the other is based on "resonance," "the power of the object displayed to reach out beyond its formal boundaries to a larger world, to evoke in the viewer the complex dynamic cultural forces..."