RE: Controversial Exhibits and Videos
Keni -
You didn't list Body Worlds: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human
Bodies by artist (?) Gunther von Hagens. It is showing at the Museum of
Science and Industry in Chicago right now. I am simultaneously fascinated
and revulsed. A lot depends on my mood. For instance, I just ate a
burrito and the pictures on the website are rather unattractive at the
moment! :-) Here's the
link: http://www.koerperwelten.de/en/pages/ausstellung_usa.asp
Denise Lajetta, MA
Associate Curator
Kluge-Ruhe Collection of Aboriginal Art, UVA
400 Worrell Drive (PANTOPS)
Peter Jefferson Way
Charlottesville, VA 22911
tel. 434.244.0234
fax 434.244.0235
http://www.virginia.edu/kluge-ruhe/
At 05:20 PM 2/3/2005, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I have two separate and slightly related questions. I have been teaching
>an introduction to museums course for the past three years. One of the
>assignments I have students do is research and present on a Controversial
>Exhibit or an ethical dilemma. This works well when my enrollment is
>down, but the course is gaining in popularity and I'm running out of
>controversial exhibits. I'm wondering what exhibits members of the list
>could suggest. They are covering "Enola Gay", "Sensation", and "Old
>Glory, the American Flag in Contemporary Art" as well as some
>controversial exhibit topics, such as sex, Mapplethorpe, and displaying
>nudes. What other exhibits come to mind?
>
>Second, I am looking for suggestions for museum videos. Not videos with
>museums, or videos by museums about their collections/exhibits, but videos
>about a museum. I have one from The Heard Museum, which is great, and I
>have some recordings from the PBS series "Great Museums" (some episodes
>are helpful, others not so much). Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>Keni Sturgeon
>Jensen Arctic Museum
>Western Oregon University
>Monmouth, OR 97361
>
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