The Museum is Dead
History is speckled with museums as one of the key repositories of material culture, However, in an age increasingly defined by digitalisation and calls for decentralisation, perhaps the time is nigh to abandon our acknowledgment of the museum’s monolithic centrality in defining the historicity of events and activities in human existence, so as to approach a more pluralistic understanding of our histories.
The exhibition and its works debated over the value of artworks and purpose of museums in today’s context. Watch the short video HERE to hear about the curator John Tung’s take and inspiration behind this.
The exhibition and its works debated over the value of artworks and purpose of museums in today’s context. Watch the short video HERE to hear about the curator John Tung’s take and inspiration behind this.
"Money Tees" Series, 2022
Lee researches urban memory and fiction, especially the contexts and implications of loss. He transforms his observations into diagrams, models, environments, events or texts. Taking the form of slogan T-shirts, the appropriately named Money Tees explores financial inequality in the arts by emblazoning on the wardrobe staple statistics, long-held assumptions, and buzzwords associated with arts and cultural workers.
Artist:
Michael Lee
Silkscreen on T-Shirt
Various Sizes
Michael Lee
Silkscreen on T-Shirt
Various Sizes