Who defines art?

Samuel Fosso


What counts as art? Who defines the parameters of a specific genre of art? Visiting several museums exposed you all to different types of art and thier specific messages. In class we read the blurb located at the beginning and the end of the Disney-Tishman collection at the National Museum of African Art. Again, what specific words and phrases hint to the defining and establishment of a specific objects as "African" art? What relationship exists between the Disney corporation and the representation of African people? This is one example of the different set of assumptions and investments that a corporation and/or collector that shape the production, exhibition, and consumption of art. Also posted here are a couple of links on contemporary African art. Thoughts?

Disney-Tisman African Art Collection



Text located at the beginning and the end of the Disney-Tisman collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art


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