6 research outputs found
Ad Reinhardt
No full textBook Review of Ad Reinhardt / Michael Corris.--ISBN: 978-1-86189-356-7. Reviewed by Rachel Chatalbash by Letter to the Editor: A response to our review from author Michael Corris
Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object
No full textBook Review of Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object / Kathleen Rooney.--ISBN 978-1-55728-891-2. Reviewed by Rachel Chatalbash
The Archive
No full textBook Review of The Archive / Edited by Charles Merewether.--(Documents of contemporary art series).--ISBN 0-262-63338-8 (pa., alk. paper). Reviewed by Rachel Chatalbash
Review: Museum Archives: Practice, Issues, Advocacy
No full textReview: Museum Archives: Practice, Issues, Advocacy. Edited by Rachel Chatalbash, Susan Hernandez, and Megan Schwenke. (Chicago: Society of American Archivists. 2022), 192 pp. Reviewed by Penny Cliff
Contemporary Art and Internationalism at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1952–1988
No full textThis dissertation maps the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\u27s important yet uncharted exhibition history during the period of the directorships of James Johnson Sweeney (1952-1960) and Thomas M. Messer (1961-1988), comparing the museum\u27s approach to exhibiting contemporary art to that of rival institutions. An argument is made for the singularity of the Guggenheim\u27s exhibition program in light of its commitment to internationalism and pluralism. Through its dedication to internationalism, the Guggenheim imported and promoted artwork from regions overlooked by comparable institutions, especially Latin America and Eastern Europe, while encouraging international dialogue among artists and institutions. Pluralism, in its early application at the Guggenheim, allowed for the exhibition of art that expanded then-current conceptions of modern art. This dissertation also demonstrates the limitations of the Guggenheim\u27s internationalism and pluralism, mainly its inability to see past its Western-centric view when creating exhibitions of international art, and an uncritical implementation of pluralism that often resulted in a seemingly arbitrary assortment of exhibited work without a meaningful curatorial framework. Through extensive use of archival sources, this dissertation examines dozens of the Guggenheim\u27s exhibitions of contemporary art, providing an understanding of the programmatic nature of the Guggenheim\u27s exhibition history over more than three decades. Finally, this dissertation contextualizes the Guggenheim\u27s later global corporate model as having been predicated in part upon this earlier history
Review of Museum Archives: Practice, Issues, Advocacy
No full textThis book review examines Museum Archives: Practice, Issues, Advocacy edited by Rachel Chatalbash, Susan Hernandez, and Megan Schwenke and published by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) in 2022. This volume is the first holistic work concerning museum archives since the publication of the second edition of Museum Archives: An Introduction in 2004, also by SAA. Museum Archives: Practice, Issues, Advocacy is a welcome addition to the body of professional literature on museum archives. This review provides a comprehensive examination of the book, giving the reader an introduction to its three parts, while also critiquing the book\u27s effectiveness in presenting its three themes of practice, issues, and advocacy within the field of museum archives
