On malls, museums, and the art world : postmodernism and the vicissitudes of consumer culture

Author

Babich, Babette E.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art criticism. 1994, Num. 1, Vol. 9, 93-109

ISSN

0195-4148

Abstract (en)

Discussion of the ways in which postmodernism and consumerism in the United States seem to perpetuate each other, exemplified in the architecture and function of shopping malls, and in recent developments in the art market and art museums.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- United States
• Postmodernism
• United States
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Consumers
• Commerce
• Art market
• Museums
• Shopping malls

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- États-Unis
• Post-modernisme
• Etats-Unis
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Consommateurs
• Commerce
• Commerce d'art
• Musée
• Centre commercial [shopping malls]

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00344120

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