Most probably you are referring to the Art/Artifact exhibition, where african art is exhibited in simulations of several different museum environment. As a start, see Steven D. Lavine's "Museums, Multiculturalism" in Museum News, March/April 1989 p. 42. There are several other articles dealing with this exhibition. If interested , e-mail me off-list. Klara At 11:39 AM 11/12/99 -0400, you wrote: >There was an exhibition several years ago here in NYC at the Museum for >African Art which dealt specifically with this theme. It was one of the >better exhibits I have seen. I think it was called "Exhibitionism." > >Laura > >>hi all- >> >>i am trying to remember an article from several years ago, and am having >>no luck-can anyone help? it was about museum exhibitions, and it dealt, >>at least in part, with an exhibition in which african objects were >>displayed in various ways - in one room, they were shown as if in a >>mussum, with vitrines and cards and in oanother room, they were shown more >>as if related to actual culture. i can't even completely remember the >>different ways they were exhibited-does this ring a bell for anyone? many >>thanks, in hopeful advance, meryl zwanger >> >>========================================================= >>Important Subscriber Information: >> >>The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >>http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain >>detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line >>e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message >>should read "help" (without the quotes). >> >>If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >>[log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff >>Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > >__________________________________________________ >Arts and Museum Education Consultant & >Doctoral Candidate A.B.D., Arts & Humanities, >Teachers College Columbia University >[log in to unmask] >__________________________________________________ > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff >Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > > ====================================== Klara Palotai Szeberenyi New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science Museum Studies Program 19 University Place, Suite 540, New York, NY 10003-4556 Telephone: (212) 998-8080 Fax: (212) 995-4185 Telex: 135128 NYU UR e-mail: [log in to unmask] Website: http:// www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/museum ======================== ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).