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DeRoo, Rebecca J.,

The museum establishment and contemporary art : the politics of artistic display in France after 1968 / Rebecca J. DeRoo. - xii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-253) and index.

Museums as political centers -- Dismantling art institutions: the 1968 explosion of social awareness -- Christian Boltanski's personal memorabilia: remaking museums in the wake of 1968 -- Annette Messager's images of the everyday: the feminist recasting of '68 -- Institutionalizing '68: the Pompidou Center -- America and Europe post-Pompidou: sustaining the political mission of the museum.

ISBN: 0521841097 9780521841092

LCCN: 2005017945

Subjects--Personal Names:
Boltanski, Christian, 1944- --Influence.
Messager, Annette, 1943- --Influence.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Centre Georges Pompidou

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Art museums--Management--Social aspects.--France
Art and society--History--France--20th century.
Artists and museums--History--France--20th century.
General Strike, France, 1968
College students--Political activity.--France--Paris

LC Class. No.: N2010 / .D47 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 708.4