Postmodern exhibition discourse: anthropological study of an art display case

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Marta Wieczorek
Zayed University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4709-9429

Abstract

The article studies tendencies in contemporary museum exhibitions and art display trends. While analysing current status quo of art in the museum context, it discusses the limitations of curatorial impact on the audience perception of the displayed objects. The paper presents a case study of a permanent museum exhibition with an added performance element. As argued in the article, such approach allows a stratified narrative and provokes a dialogue between the audience, performers, and curators, fully reflecting postmodern polyphonic tendency. The aim of the article is to comment on postmodern trends in museology, the status of the displayed art (object), and contemporary exhibition identity.

Keywords: Postmodernism, Art display, Museum exhibition, Anthropology of art, New museology, Interactive art, Performance

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