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- Title
Exhibitions and Expectations: The Case of "Degenerate Art".
- Authors
Doering, Zahava D.; Pekarik, Andrew J.; Kindlon, Audrey E.
- Abstract
This article describes a study of the exhibition "Degenerate Art": The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany conducted in 1991 and 1992 at two venues, Washington, DC, and Berlin, Germany. The study, based on survey data, found that visitors in both locations were very similar, and that their descriptions of the main purpose of the exhibition were also alike. The two audiences differed strongly, however, on whether or not the exhibition had anything to do with their lives. A significantly higher percentage of Washington visitors found the exhibition personally relevant. The paper attributes this difference to the concerns of the two audiences at that time. Specifically, it links the Washington reaction to the contemporaneous controversy regarding the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Overall, the study addresses the relationship between prior attitudes and exhibition experiences.
- Subjects
WASHINGTON (D.C.); GERMANY; ARTS surveys; ART exhibitions; ENTARTETE Kunst; AVANT-garde (Arts); NATIONAL Endowment for the Arts; NATIONAL socialism &; art
- Publication
Curator, 1997, Vol 40, Issue 2, p127
- ISSN
0011-3069
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.2151-6952.1997.tb01294.x