Obsession, Compulsion, Collection: On Objects, Display Culture, and Interpretation
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Art museums and public galleries amass collections in order to preserve, document, research, and exhibit collective histories as a culture. Obsession, Compulsion, Collection: On Objects, Display Culture, and Interpretation is a compilation of essays by leading Canadian and international curators and artists that explores the role of the art object in a broader context of visual and display culture. The book analyzes the human impulse to collect and the social context, rhetoric, politics, and science associated with cultural collections.
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- ISBN10:1894773055
- ISBN13:9781894773058
- kindle Asin:1894773055
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