In his article “Museums: Managers of Consciousness”, Haacke describes how museums are increasingly shifting their model of operation to. They are, if you want to put it in positive terms, great educational institutions. If you want to put it in negati ” – Hans Haacke quotes from Haacke H.’Museums, managers of consciousness’ B. Wallis (Ed.), Hans Haacke: unfinished business, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York and MIT.
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Even though they may not agree with the system of beliefs dominant at the time, their options not to subscribe to them and instead to promote an alternative consciousness are limited.
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To compound the financial problems, many governments, facing huge deficits-often due to sizable expansion of military budgets-cut their support for social services as well as their arts funding. There are natural and honorable allegiances as much as there are forced marriages and marriages of convenience. The art world as a whole, and museums in particular, belong to what consciousbess aptly been called the “consciousness industry.
Other papers carry these items under equally innocuous titles, such as “culture,” “entertainment,” or “lifestyle. Supplanting the traditional bohemian image of the art world with that of a business operation could also negatively affect the marketability of its products and interfere with fundraising efforts.
We see a lot of noncommittal, sometimes cynical playing on naively perceived social forces, along with other forms of contemporary dandyism and updated versions of art for art’s sake.
Those engaged in collaboration with the public relations officers of companies rarely see themselves as promoters of acquiescence. It is because of the millions of dollars at stake, that the business aspect of art begins to impede upon the meaning of art.
Museums: Managers of Consciousness
The products of the means of production, like those means themselves, are not neutral. The institutional function is a great case to study. In my final essay for this course, I am interested to explore the implications of Google as the musems sponsor for this Art Project.
It seems worthwhile here to extrapolate from and to expand upon Enzensberger’s thoughts for a discussion of the role museums and other art-exhibiting institutions play. They do not blush in assessing the receptivity and potential development of an audience for their product.
As large corporation point to the cultural life of musdums location in order to attract sophisticated personnel, so Hannover speculated that the outlay for art would be amortized many times by the attraction the city would gain for businesses seeking sites for relocation.
Private donors came on board with attractive collections. Certainly, shows that could promote critical awareness, present products of consciousness dialectically and in relation to the social world, or question relations of power have a slim chance of being approved-not only because they are unlikely to attract corporate funding, but also because they could sour relations with potential sponsors for other shows. With so many variables, there is ample room for exegesis and a livelihood museumss thus guaranteed for many workers in the consciousness industry.
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Wednesday, March 3, It is the board member and top executives with business backgrounds that have the ultimate say in what gets shown and what consciousnesss dismissed.
The audience survey responses revealed that most museum visitors were not aware that the exhibitions on display were supported by corporate sponsors.
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It is fair to assume that exhibition proposals that do not fulfill the necessary criteria for corporate sponsorship risk not being considered, and we never hear about them. It would be wrong, however, to assume that the objective and the mentality of every art executive are or should be at odds with those on whose support his organization depends. From business schools, Art Managers are beginning to transcend into the art world like never before. Naturally, museums work in the vineyards mmanagers consciousness.
Depending on circumstances, these contributions are tax-deductible as a business expense or a managgers contribution. Conversely, the taxpayers so affect do not shy away from deducting relevant business expenses.
Arts administrators do not exaggerate when they defend their claims for public support by pointing to the number of jobs that are affected not only in their own institutions, but also in communications and, particularly, in the hotel and restaurant industries. In other countries the outcome of elections can have a direct bearing on museum policies.
Those who hold managgers purse strings and have the authority over hiring and firing are, in effect, in charge of every element of the organization, if they choose to use their powers. These museume often provide a creative and cost-effective answer to a specific marketing objective, particularly where international, governmental maagers consumer relations may be a fundamental concern.
The board is legally responsible for the institution and consequently the trustees are the ultimate authority. The presence of the names and logos of corporate sponsors invaded the physical space of the museum as well, appearing on the wall plaques at the entrance to the gallery. To make museu,s an assertion may sound outrageous because according to popular myth, liberal regimes do not behave this way.
Word has gotten around that material conditions and the ideological context in which an individual grows up and cconsciousness determines to a considerable extent his or her consciousness.
Through my analysis of the artworks on display, I found very little to challenge the dominant ideologies surrounding race, gender roles, and the objectification of women; there were hardly any racial minority figures displayed, men were portrayed as wise and knowledgeable in business, and women were shown as sexual objects nude, red lipstick, mouths open.
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I interviewed both the curator of the museum and the director of development to discover their experiences working with corporate sponsors. Within the art world, museums and other institutions that stage exhibitions play an important role in the inculcation of opinions and attitudes.
With the 19 th century credence that art is made for arts sake, reinforces the magical aspects of art that alludes to a higher power, and because of this allegation asserts it has little bias. Responding to a realistic appraisal of their lot, even artists are now acquiring managerial training in workshops funded by public agencies in the United States Such sessions are usually well attended, as artists recognize that the managerial skills for hsacke a small business could have a bearing on their own survival.