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Museums, Galleries, Art Sites, Virtual Curating and the World Wide Web

Kruse, Markus
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1394727380

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1998, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Art Education.
Since the explosion of the World Wide Web (WWW) in the mid 1990's commercial, non-commercial galleries and individual artists have embraced this medium more readily than museums. Museums have been slow in accepting this medium for presenting online exhibitions, visual communication and marketing because of their lack of understanding, financial resources and Intellectual Property issues. Individual artists on the other hand have propelled this medium to higher levels by creating virtual art galleries, individual artist sites, artist collectives and WWW specific works of art. A historical analysis of the creation of the Internet and WWW precedes an introduction of how museums, art galleries and artists have approached this new medium to present visual arts information. This is followed by an analysis that discusses issues of virtual curating and their relationship to the traditional museum, gallery and art object. Legal hurdles such as Intellectual Property laws and limitations to publishing on the WWW are explored. Curatorial issues are found to be important when presenting an exhibition in the traditional as well as virtual environment. The lack of acceptance of the WWW exhibition environment by the traditional arts establishment has dampened the possibilities this medium offers to further advance the visual arts via this medium. The future will require reinterpretation of the visual arts via this medium as a new form of aesthetic communication. The study concludes that the successful departure from mimicking the traditional print media through interactive elements will lead us to establish a global form of the visual arts that is not controlled by a few members of the traditional arts establishment. The artist, gallery and museum will push the current technological and aesthetic standards, interpretations and rules in order to take advantage of the WWW. Today's local and national laws will need to be reinterpreted on a global level to further internationalize the arts. Due to the early stage of development of the arts via the WWW curatorial standards should remain flexible to accommodate future WWW developments.
Robert Arnold (Advisor)
Wayne Carlson (Committee Member)
Midori Kitagawa DeLeon (Committee Member)
Charles Csuri (Committee Member)
188 p.
Art Education

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  • Kruse, M. (1998). Museums, Galleries, Art Sites, Virtual Curating and the World Wide Web [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1394727380

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kruse, Markus. Museums, Galleries, Art Sites, Virtual Curating and the World Wide Web. 1998. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1394727380.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kruse, Markus. "Museums, Galleries, Art Sites, Virtual Curating and the World Wide Web." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1394727380

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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