Generative ruptures and moments of confluence

Helen Verran

doi:10.2979/jourworlphil.4.2.05

Generative ruptures and moments of confluence

Helen Verran

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Abstract

What happens when a gallery space dedicated to exhibiting European art is interrupted by introducing African art objects? This essay reviews a temporary exhibition that introduced works of art from Africa, the property of Berlin’s Ethnologisches Museum, into the exhibition space of the Bode Museum, whose collection consists of European art objects from the Classical to the Baroque periods. I offer a reading that is quite different than the curators’, proposing art museums as institutions where philosophies are expressed in the form of art objects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-60
Number of pages	6
Journal	Confluence: online journal of world philosophies
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2979/jourworlphil.4.2.05
Publication status	Published - 10 Dec 2019

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