Title & Author:

Unsettling "Sensation" : arts-policy lessons from the Brooklyn Museum of Art controversy / edited by Lawrence Rothfield.

Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2001.

Description:

xii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Rutgers series on the public life of the arts

Notes:
Essays based on the conference "Taking Funds, Giving Offense, Making Money," held Feb. 12, 2000, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the interests in "sensation" / Lawrence Rothfield -- The Brooklyn controversy: a view from the bridge / Carol Becker -- The marriage of art and business / Richard A. Epstein -- The questions of free speech / Geoffrey R. Stone -- Culture and the constitution: a guide for the perplexed / Cass R. Sunstein -- The false promise of the first amendment / David A. Strauss -- Reasons we shouldn't be here: things we cannot say / Stephen B. Presser -- Who should pay (for the arts and culture), who should decide, and what difference should it make? / J. Mark Schuster -- The subjunctive mood of art / Homi K. Bhabha -- An all-too-predictable sensation / David A. Ross -- Sensational or status quo: museums and public perception / Teri J. Edelstein -- Offending images / W.J.T. Mitchell -- The attitude of the audience for "sensation" and of the general public toward controversial works of art / David Halle, Elisabeth Tiso, and Gihong Yi -- Shop value / John Brewer -- "Sensation" and the ethics of funding exhibitions / James Cuno -- Some sensational reflections / Gilbert S. Edelson -- Don't shoot the messenger: why the art world and the press don't get along / Andr's Szàntò's -- Afterword / Kimberly Rorschach.

Summary:

"In September 1999, Sensation, an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of art, opened its doors, igniting a controversy that would rage for many months in the world's art capital This collection of cutting-edge art from the Saatchi collection in England, and the museum's arrangements with Charles Saatchi to finance the show, so offended New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani that he attempted to shut the museum down by withholding city funds that are crucially needed by that institution. Only a legal ruling prevented him from doing so. Like the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition before it, Sensation once again raises questions about public spending for "controversial" art, but with the added dimension of religious conflict, animal rights, and charges of commercialization. The contributors to this volume use the Sensation exhibition as a springboard to analyze larger questions such as what authority the government has to withhold public funds; how to interpret the First Amendment; how to reflect the cultural and religious values of a diverse metropolitan area; and the ethical dilemmas of the relationship between museums and dealers of art. In their articles--written expressly for this volume, and spanning the disciplines of law, cultural studies, public policy, and art--the contributors consider these issues at the center of arts policy. They propose various legal strategies, curatorial practices, and standards of doing business intended to serve the public interest in the arts."--back cover.

Resources:
Table of contents
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ISBN:

0813529344 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780813529349 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0813529352 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780813529356 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Brooklyn Museum
Saatchi Collection
New York (N.Y.) Brooklyn Museum.
Exhibition Sensation - Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection 1997-1999 London; Berlin
Art and state United States.
Art Politique gouvernementale États-Unis.
Art and state
Cultural policy
Kulturleben
Kunst
Kunstförderung
Aufsatzsammlung
Kunstbeleid.
Tentoonstellingen.
Controversen.
United States Cultural policy.
United States
Großbritannien
USA
Kongress

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Ausstellung Chicago (Ill.) 2000.
Kongress Chicago (Ill.) 2000.
Conference papers (document genres)

Added entries:

Rothfield, Lawrence, 1956-
Rutgers series on the public life of the arts.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220847
Call No.: NX742.N482 B7 2001
Status: Available