Confronting The Museum: The Function Of Parody In The Work Of Illya Kabakov and Marcel Broodthaers.

[摘要] This study investigates the ways in which museums are understood as texts,and how artists challenge those assumptions within their work. The extent towhich parody, a central tenet of post- modern art, can be used as an effectivemeans to challenge the hegemony of the art museum, is investigated throughan analyses of artworks by Illya Kabakov and Marcel Broodthaers. The firstpart of the study interrogates the hegemonic function of museums, through adiscussion of the central tenets of museological discourse, in order tocontextualise the discussion of the artworks in question. The second part ofthis study includes an analysis of specific artworks by Illya Kabakov andMarcel Broodthaers, detailing the ways in which these artists parody aspectsof museum practice. The concluding chapter interrogates my own artisticproduction in relation to this research.

[发布机构] University of the Witwatersrand