The Exhibitionary Complex: An Inquiry into the Role of the Modern Art Exhibition

Exhibitions have become the medium through which most art becomes known.Constantly reshaped by artists and curators, the exhibition has become a prominent and diverse part of contemporary culture.The exhibitionary complex; an inquiry into the role of the modern art exhibition presents reflections around which I might begin to conceptualize an early history of the public exhibition of modern art.I am interested in the role of displaying objects, artifacts and works of art both within and outside the museum context, their public presentation: in other words the making of an exhibition.This inquiry is highly selective, partially because I chose examples according to my own interests, emerging from my work and can therefore not be read as an argument of what exhibitions should be.