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Decentring the Museum - (New Directions in Contemporary Art) by Nina Möntmann (Hardcover)

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  • Nina Möntmann's timely book extends the decolonisation debate to the institutions of contemporary art.
  • About the Author: Nina Möntmann is Professor of Art Theory at the University of Cologne, and curator, writer and PI at the Global South Study Center (GSSC) at the University of Cologne.
  • 144 Pages
  • Art, Museum Studies
  • Series Name: New Directions in Contemporary Art

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Nina Möntmann's timely book extends the decolonisation debate to the institutions of contemporary art. In a thoughtfully articulated text, illustrated with pertinent examples of best practice, she argues that to play a crucial role within increasingly diverse societies museums and galleries of contemporary art have a responsibility to 'decentre' their institutions, removing from their collections, exhibition policies and infrastructures a deeply embedded Euro-centric cultural focus with roots in the history of colonialism. In this, she argues, they can learn from the example both of anthropological museums (such as the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne), which are engaged in debates about the colonial histories of their collections, about trauma and repair, and of small-scale art spaces (such as La Colonie, Paris, ANO, Institute of Arts and Knowledge, Accra or Savvy Contemporary, Berlin), which have the flexibility, based on informal infrastructures, to initiate different kinds of conversation and collective knowledge production in collaboration with indigenous or local diasporic communities from the Global South.

For the first time, this book identifies the influence that anthropological museums and small art spaces can exert on museums of contemporary art to initiate a process of decentring.



Review Quotes




'From the unique position of an academic and curator, Nina Möntmann provides rich insights into institutions with exemplary models that move away from hegemonic stances to embrace a new order in museology.' - Peju Layiwola, Artist and Professor of Art History, University of Lagos



'In this lucid book Nina Möntmann confronts the residual legacies of colonialism in contemporary art. She astutely reminds us that this task will entail more than the restitution of objects held in the center or the hiring of new agents from the peripheries. Möntmann makes a compelling case for a radical and imaginative mode of decentring the museum. No-one in the artworld can ignore this argument.' - Nikos Papastergiadis, University of Melbourne



'This book provides important solutions for making art and anthropological museums culturally relevant. It proposes an expansive model of museology grounded in notions of repair and healing and in practices of restoration and restitution, offering a distinct vision for the future of museums. Summing Up: Highly recommended.' - L. Estevez, Winston-Salem State University, CHOICE



Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2024



About the Author



Nina Möntmann is Professor of Art Theory at the University of Cologne, and curator, writer and PI at the Global South Study Center (GSSC) at the University of Cologne. Her previous publications include Kunst als Sozialer Raum and the edited volumes Brave New Work: A Reader on Harun Farocki's film 'A New Product', Scandalous: A Reader on Art & Ethics, New Communities and Art and Its Institutions.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 144
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: Museum Studies
Series Title: New Directions in Contemporary Art
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Format: Hardcover
Author: Nina Möntmann
Language: English
Street Date: December 15, 2023
TCIN: 1004318221
UPC: 9781848225503
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-3020
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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