>Hi
>
>I overheard a conversation today about an american 'museum interventionist'
>and I would like to find out more about him and his work. He is in his
mid-thirties, very handsome! and creates art by curating museum exhibitions
that pose
>post colonial questions to the audience. Does anyone know who this may be?
>
>an example of his work: 19th C painting exhibition - grouped from the
collection
>on the basis of the (white) family pictured with one black child. Sound is
>activated by visitor movement which is a voice of a Harlem child asking
'Are you
>my mother?' or something similar...(come to think of it, it must have been a
>20th C painting exhibition.....
>
>Please let me know who this person is and whther I may point my browser to
further information.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Roxanne
>
I believe the person you mean is Fred Wilson.  He's a NY artist and has done
a number of exhibits along those lines, including one at the Maryland
Historical Society in 1994.  It was up for the AAM meeting in Baltimore.

I hope that helps.

Susan Glassman

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