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| vision. What does it mean to see? What
are the limits or liability of the gaze? Blind at the Museum held
at the Berkeley Art Museum, January 29th to July 25th, 2005 and co-curated
by Elizabeth Dungan and Katherine Sherwood investigates the nature of
blindness and the visual arts. Rather than thinking about blindness and
sight as polar opposites, artist in this exhibit encourage us to explore
the wide range of optical experiences along the continuum. Included
were artists who investigate the unreliability of vision, artists who
are blind and yet committed to the visual arts, and artists who rethink
the activities of viewing within the museum. As part of a larger movement
of institutional critique, Blind at the Museum prompts us to reconsider
the practice of looking within the museum and to imagine new ways of
seeing for all viewers. This web site offers an opportunity to
explore these issues even now that the exhibit is over. |
introduction to exhibit audio HERE |