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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