Postmodern Crises of Mediation and the Passing of the Museum
Date
2005ISSN
1353-4645Source
ParallaxVolume
11Pages
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Examines the mediating function of the art museum, focusing on Gillian Rose's book "The Broken Middle: Out of Our Ancient Society," about the crisis of mediation in postmodernity. Analysis of the space of the art museum Architectural expression of the art museum as a "holy middle" in the early part of the twentieth century Relationship between the institution of the museum and postmodern politics of difference.