Obsession, Compulsion, Collection: On Objects, Display Culture, and Interpretation

By: Townsend, Melanie A.

Art museums and public galleries amass collections in order to preserve, document, research and exhibit collective histories as a culture. Edited by Anthony Kiendl, Obsession, Compulsion, Collection is a compilation of essays by leading Canadian and International curators and artists who explore collecting as a cultural act. Examining the meaning of art objects in a broader context, the book seeks to uncover the human impulse to collect and the social context, rhetoric, politics and science associated with cultural collections.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894773055
• ISBN13: 9781894773058
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Banff Centre Pr
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 7.5"