Museum of American Art in Berlin

Museum for the Times  
by Edward Sanderson
Museum of American Art in Berlin, ChART Contemporary, Liu Ding, Homeshop, Wu Jie, Wilfredo Prieto, Museum of Unknown, Hu Xiangqian, Zhang Xiangxi at Times Museum September 1st, 2011 - October 30th, 2011
Posted 9/25/11

The premise put forward by curator Nikita Cai for A Museum That is Not favours a broad engagement with the idea of the museum, the related social and material effects of such an institution, as well as the point at which it becomes other than a museum (or—to view it from the other direction—the point at which the other becomes a museum). What we are presented with is a show that, while somewhat disparate, includes tangential approaches that refresh the overall theme while avoiding proscription... [more]