On the Museum's Ruins

by Douglas Crimp, Louise Lawler (Photographer)

On the Museum's Ruins presents Douglas Crimp's criticism of contemporary art, its institutions, and its politics alongside photographic works by the artist Louise Lawler to create a collaborative project that is itself an example of postmodern practice at its most provocative. Crimp elaborates the new paradigm of postmodernism through analyses of art practices broadly conceived, not only the practices of artists—Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Marcel Broodthaers, Richard Serra, Sherrie Levine, and Robert Mapplethorpe—but those of critics and curators, of international exhibitions, and of new or refurbished museums such as the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart and the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. The - Photographs at the End of Modernism. - On the Museum's Ruins. - The Museum's Old, the Library's New Subject. - The End of Painting. - The Photographic Activity of Postmodernism. - Appropriating Appropriation. - Redefining Site Specificity. - This is Not a Museum of Art. - The Art of Exhibition. - The Postmodern Museum.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Museums, Art History, Theory, Criticism, Photography

368 pages, Paperback

First published September 21, 1993

About the author

Douglas Crimp (b. 1944) was an American writer, curator, and art historian. He was professor in art history at the University of Rochester.

Reviews

[Cienna · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book thinks it's the coolest kid in high school when it's actually just that weirdo that paints canvases black and red and says he's "deep".

[Manuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

LIBROS QUE ME HE LEÍDO:

1. OTRO MUNDO ES POSIBLE. ¿QUÉ PUEDE EL ARTE? (AURORA FERNÁNDEZ)
2. CONTRA EL PLURALISMO (HAL FOSTER) !
3. PARA UNA LECTURA CRÍTICA DE LA FILOSOFÍA DEL ARTE (ARTHUR DANTO) !
4. LA OBRA DE ARTE EN LA ÉPOCA DE SU REPRODUCTIBILIDAD TÉCNICA (WALTER BENJAMIN) !
5. EL VIAJE ÉTICO DE LA ESTÉTICA Y LA POLÍTICA (JACQUES RANCIÉRE)
6. FIGURAS DE LA DIFERENCIA (ESTRELLA DE DIEGO) !
7. LA REDEFINICIÓN DE LA ESPECIFICIDAD ESPACIAL (DOUGLAS CRIMP) !
8. RECODIFICACIONES: HACIA UNA NOCIÓN DE LO POLÍTICO EN EL ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO (HAL FOSTER)
9. CARTOGRAFÍAS (IVO MESQUITA)
10. SOBRE LAS RUINAS DEL MUSEO (DOUGLAS CRIMP)
11. ARTE Y FRONTERAS: DE LA TRANSGRESIÓN A LA POSTAUTONOMÍA (NÉSTOR GARCÍA CANCLINI) !
12. POSTPRODUCCIÓN. LA CULTURA COMO ESCENARIO (NICOLAS BOURRIAUD) !
13. LA PERFORMANCE AUTOBIOGRÁFICA. LA INTIMIDAD COMO PRÁCTICA ESCÉNICA (JOSEFINA ALCÁZAR) !
14. LOS LUGARES DE LA MEMORIA: EL ARTE DE ARCHIVAR Y RECORDAR (ANA MARÍA GUASCH) !

[Fiona love Shrek · Rating 3 out of 5]

เห็นด้วยๆ ทุนนิยมส้นตีน เอาศิลปะคืนมา แต่ชั้นพูดไม่เต็มปากต้องขอไปดูmuseumบ้านเมืองฉันก่อน

[Gyewon · Rating 4 out of 5]

well-written critique on art institution and institutionalization of photography

[Cecelia]

had to read for a class...