Now You Don’t See Me, Now You Do: Queer Artists as Inverse Magicians
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Article Title | Now You Don’t See Me, Now You Do: Queer Artists as Inverse Magicians |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | Walker, Gwen (Author), Cantrell, Kate (Author) and Middleton, Craig (Author) |
Journal Title | NiTRO: Creative Matters |
Journal Citation | 41, pp. 1-8 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts |
Place of Publication | Australia |
Web Address (URL) | https://nitro.edu.au/articles/2022/4/22/now-you-dont-see-me-now-you-do-queer-artists-as-inverse-magicians |
Abstract | Museums and galleries are places of world-making. They document, display, and interpret artefacts deemed worthy of our attention, objects considered significant for collection and preservation. Such objects are carefully staged to relay certain stories, while other stories are concealed by their absence. Museum and gallery professionals culturally construct exhibits and manipulate, sometimes unknowingly, our perspectives and perceptions to position how we think and feel, not only as we encounter artistic and cultural material, but more broadly as we build knowledge about ourselves and the world. As highly respected cultural institutions, museums and galleries confirm or challenge our sense of reality – the way we understand the past, the way we mediate the present, and the way we imagine the future. |
Keywords | Curatorship; galleries; metaphor; museums; museological practice; queer communities; queer practice; visual art |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470208. Culture, representation and identity |
430202. Critical heritage, museum and archive studies | |
430208. Intangible heritage | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Creative Arts |
National Museum of Australia, Australia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7481/now-you-don-t-see-me-now-you-do-queer-artists-as-inverse-magicians
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