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"Etnografia: Modo De Empleo"; Museo De Bellas Artes. (Reviews: Caracas).(Ethnography: a user's guide--archaeology, fine arts, ethnography and varieties)

From: Artforum International  |  Date: 2/1/2003  |  Author: Pedrosa, Adriano

According to the brochure for the exhibition, the intention of "Etnografia: Modo de Empleo--Arqueologia, Bellas Artes, Etnografia y Variedades" (Ethnography: a user's guide--archaeology, fine arts, ethnography and varieties) was to "examine the distinct ways in which art addresses its context, specifically through ethnography"--understood not so much as "representation" but rather as an "operation." Julieta Gonzalez, a young curator at the Museo de Bellas Artes, constructed a ...

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