Actually, I do know of an artist who creates installations where he intends
for this activity to happen.  It's very interesting to watch peoples'
reactions when they are allowed to participate in creating their own art
museum experience.

And of course we can't forget Fred Wilson, who stuns most curators when he
selects objects from their collections and reinstalls them out of
traditional context to illuminate their subtext.  With minimal labeling, I
might add (at least, at first he did).

Julia Muney Moore
Director of Exhibitions and Artist Services
Indianapolis Art Center
820 E. 67th St.
Indianapolis, IN  46220
(317) 255-2464 x233
FAX (317) 254-0486
email <[log in to unmask]>
website <http://www.indplsartcenter.org>


-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Heuman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 9:47 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Article on labels in art museums

...

Anarchy would be the abdication of curatorial guidance -- if the Hirschhorn
invited visitors to move the artwork around, to place the artwork as they
please.

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