Comments on: Art, Death, and the Museum http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2009/06/art-death-and-the-museum/ architecture annotated Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:41:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Geof http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2009/06/art-death-and-the-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Geof Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:46:35 +0000 http://www.actual-size.com/blog/?p=59#comment-106 Just came across this - guess I'm not alone in recognizing the analogy: "Collections have always had overtones of burial and interment…. The greater a collection, the more precious its contents, the more it must be reminiscent of a mausoleum, left behind by a ruler determined not to be forgotten…" -- Philipp Blom, from To Have and to Hold: an Intimate History of Collectors and Collecting Just came across this – guess I’m not alone in recognizing the analogy:

“Collections have always had overtones of burial and interment…. The greater a collection, the more precious its contents, the more it must be reminiscent of a mausoleum, left behind by a ruler determined not to be forgotten…”

– Philipp Blom, from To Have and to Hold: an Intimate History of Collectors and Collecting

]]> By: Samo http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2009/06/art-death-and-the-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Samo Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:29:28 +0000 http://www.actual-size.com/blog/?p=59#comment-27 Terrific essay. Why do you think of museums as essentially separate from everyday life? The hushed interiors of most museums closely resemble a number of other spaces: churches, late-night supermarkets, schools, subway stations. It's too easy to define what's everyday as what's not museal. And when art's well hung, it can do better in a museum than anywhere else. Where would you put a Richard Serra? Your sun room? Terrific essay. Why do you think of museums as essentially separate from everyday life? The hushed interiors of most museums closely resemble a number of other spaces: churches, late-night supermarkets, schools, subway stations. It’s too easy to define what’s everyday as what’s not museal. And when art’s well hung, it can do better in a museum than anywhere else. Where would you put a Richard Serra? Your sun room?

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