White cube
Under White Cube (Engl. "White cube") is meant to present the exhibition concept art in white spaces. Since the 1920s it has been customary to show contemporary art in particular in neutral white in order to place the exhibition architecture clearly behind the artwork and to avoid any interaction between architecture and artwork. In recent years, however, the white cube has been controversial, as many museum and exhibition architects now believe that art cannot be experienced enough in white rooms without any preparation. Critical artists and theorists see the white cube as a means of tearing art out of its context through aestheticization and thereby neutralizing its (social) effect.
literature
- Brian O'Doherty : Inside the White Cube. In the white cell . Ed .: Wolfgang Kemp . Merve Verlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 978-3-88396-122-4 (168 pages).
- Daniel Buren : Warning! Verlag der Kunst , Dresden 1995, ISBN 978-3364003139 .
- Arthur C. Danto: The Transfiguration of the Ordinary - A Philosophy of Art. Suhrkamp , Frankfurt 1991, ISBN 978-3518285572 .
- Texts on Art: Exhibitions - From Display to Animation. Issue 41.
- Lev Manovich : Black Box - White Cube. Merve Verlag , Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3883961972 .
Web links
- Eva Nöthen: The white cell - space and place of art reception. A reconstruction of O'Doherty's "Inside the White Cube" (PDF; 2.0 MB)
- Barbara Steiner and Jan Winkelmann: Conversation about dealing with old and new art