Intervening the Canon: Susan Vogel and the Museum for African Art
Petersen, Kelsey.
2019
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This thesis traces the biography and curatorial work of Dr. Susan
Mullin Vogel in the socio-historic, theoretical, and intellectual context of late
twentieth century New York City, offering the first comprehensive overview of
Vogel's career. After describing Vogel's international upbringing and entry way
into the field of African art history when it was still so novel in the United
States, I ... read moreexamine her curatorial work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
Museum for African Art. While the major events and museological decisions in
Vogel's life are described, I also discuss the changing field of African art in
the later twentieth century, detailing Vogel's exhibitions set in this key
temporal context. Through studying her work, art historians and museum curators
can better engage with challenging questions concerning identity, authenticity,
ethnography, and the museological colonial legacy, as many of her exhibitions
tackle these questions head on.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2019.
Submitted to the Dept. of Art and Art History.
Advisor: Peter Probst.
Committee: Andrew McClellan, and Kamran Rastegar.
Keyword: Art history.read less - ID:
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