Museology / photographs by Richard Ross ; essay by David Mellor ; foreword by J. David Farmer and Phyllis Plous ; introduction by Marcia Tucker.

Main entry:

Ross, Richard, 1947- photographer.

Title & Author:

Museology / photographs by Richard Ross ; essay by David Mellor ; foreword by J. David Farmer and Phyllis Plous ; introduction by Marcia Tucker.

Publication:

[New York] : Aperture, in association with the University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, [1989]
©1989

Description:

79 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.

Series:

A new images book

Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by Phyllis Plous and held at the University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, opening March 1989.
Includes bibliographical references.
Also issued online.

Summary:

In these color photographs of art and natural history museums and their holdings, Ross, who teaches at UC Santa Barbara, wields considerable wit in constructing images of the institutions as we don't usually see them. In some cases, an animal's spirit is shown to have survived the taxidermist's art, flouting the authority of the knife (the face of a stuffed rhinoceros peers skeptically through glass, as though once again regnant). Elsewhere, held in suspended animation, victims in display cases seem sustained only by artifice, creating illusions of a perfectly orderly, hierarchical nature brought home to roost. In pure fun, Ross portrays a classical nude sculpture appearing to take cover from onlookers in a museum corner, and offers a delightful closeup of stuffed lions engaged in ferociously kitsch battle. But his thoughtful book, an exhibition catalogue, does more than amuse; it leaves readers with disquieting thoughts of predator and prey in museums and culture at large.--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

0893813761
9780893813765

Subject:

Ross, Richard, 1947-.
Exhibitions Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Museum techniques Evaluation Exhibitions.
Museums Environmental aspects Exhibitions.
Muséologie Évaluation Expositions.
Musées Aspect éducatif Expositions.
Expositions Ouvrages illustrés.
Musées Aspect de l'environnement Expositions.
Expositions Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
21.42 history of photographic art.
Exhibitions
Museum techniques Evaluation
Museums Environmental aspects
Foto's.
Musea.
Exhibitions Pictorial works.
Museums Educational aspects Exhibitions.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition, pictorial works
Books.
Exhibitions (form)
Ouvrages illustrés.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Mellor, David, writer of added commentary.
Farmer, John David, writer of foreword.
Plous, Phyllis, writer of foreword, organizer.
Tucker, Marcia, writer of introduction.
Byrne, Wendy, book designer.
University of California, Santa Barbara. University Art Museum, host institution.
Aperture Foundation, publisher.
New images book.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room photo 46634
Call No.: TR140.R825 (ID:89-B5930)
Status: Available

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