The Activist Potential of Feminist Art: Artworks as Agile Objects in Museum Communication

Camilla Skovbjerg Paldam

The Activist Potential of Feminist Art: Artworks as Agile Objects in Museum Communication

Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur - Kunsthistorie

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Abstract

The aim of this article is twofold. On the one hand, it wants to tell the history of feminist art as a parallel history to the cultural history told at KØN - Gender Museum of Denmark; on the other hand, it aims to investigate the role feminist art can play in activist museums of cultural history. The thesis is that it would be beneficial for the museums to increasingly allow the two stories to be intertwined. The article therefore first provides an overview of the history of feminist art – its media, topics and expressions – without thereby pretending to be exhaustive or to project a canon. It then looks at three examples of cultural history exhibitions: two at KØN and one at the Schwules Museum in Berlin, which, in addition to other objects, also feature art. The aim here is to investigate what art can contribute in relation to other types of objects, and what potential art can have in a museum context. Here the claim will be that art is an excellent “agile object” (German & Harris 2017), which is particularly suitable for creating the reflection and debate at which the museums aim.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	The Activist Museum : Practice, theories and actors
Redaktører	Louise Fabian, Julie Rokkjær Birch, Signe Uldbjerg
Udgivelsessted	Aarhus
Forlag	KØN forlag
Publikationsdato	2024
Sider	87-100
ISBN (Elektronisk)	9788788923100
Status	Udgivet - 2024

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Paldam, C. S. (2024). The Activist Potential of Feminist Art: Artworks as Agile Objects in Museum Communication. I L. Fabian, J. R. Birch, & S. Uldbjerg (red.), The Activist Museum: Practice, theories and actors (s. 87-100). KØN forlag. http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/371095962/The_activist_Museum_US_optimized_for_web.pdf

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The Activist Museum: Practice, theories and actors. red. / Louise Fabian; Julie Rokkjær Birch; Signe Uldbjerg. Aarhus: KØN forlag, 2024. s. 87-100.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/proceeding › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › peer review

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