VISA 1900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mercer Union, Institutional Critique, Contrapposto
25 Aug 2016
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Dave: formally director of programming at mercer union. Sarah: curator, formally director at mercer union. Miles: director at mercer union, artist. More autonomy: institutional critique helps make museums impartial (?) If they don"t have a collection how is an exhibit shown: a lot less infrastructure and no divided departments, exhibition at mercer gave an artist a platform to do what they want. Long history of artists betraying themselves (either self-determined or by someone else) How certain types of representation marginalize some and privilege others. A portrait is a privileged form of representation: rich people got themselves painted, even now, professional portraits done are rarities. Start with roman empire: rome dominated large portions of the world including modern. Subsequent rulers all declared gods, often while they were still alive. Money is the perfect item to circulate the image of a ruler: on british currency she is depicted as forever young where as on canadian she ages.
