Well, Lisa, of course revisionism itself needs a context.
          Even though a view may have been long held in academic or
          specialist circles, it may appear as revisionist in a public
          museum exhibition.
 
          I remember an exhibition that was a real eye-opener for me,
          on the photographer _____ _____ Curtis, famous for his turn
          of the century photographs of Native Americans in the
          Western part of America. The exhibition was at the art
          museum in Seattle (don't remember the formal name of the
          institution). It demonstrated very clearly that Curtis'
          vision was part of a romanticising perspective on native
          americans, and how far Curtis' photographs were from
          representing actual native american life at the time, with
          costumes, and backdrops, etc.
 
          It also showed that America had something of a craze for
          romanticizing the image of the native americans at the time,
          mentioning the Wild West shows, and many other photographs
          of native americans in absurdly sentimental poses.
 
          So, this exhibition was a revisionist perspective on a
          revisionist perspective of native americans. Sheessshh, it
          gets complicated.
 
          PERSONAL MESSAGE:
           By the way, Lisa, we just got the final
          evaluation report on the Nature and Culture focus groups.
          Thanks for your help.
 
          Eric Siegel
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