{"product_id":"9781788402453","title":"The Whole Picture","description":"Author: Alice Procter\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781788402453\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Octopus\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Mar 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Probing, jargon-free and written with the pace of a detective story... [Procter] dissects western museum culture with such forensic fury that it might be difficult for the reader ever to view those institutions in the same way again. \" \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A smart, accessible and brilliantly structured work that encourages readers to go beyond the grand architecture of cultural institutions and see the problematic colonial histories behind them.' - Sumaya Kassim\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShould museums be made to give back their marbles? Is it even possible to 'decolonize' our galleries? Must Rhodes fall?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow to deal with the colonial history of art in museums and monuments in the public realm is a thorny issue that we are only just beginning to address. Alice Procter, creator of the Uncomfortable Art Tours, provides a manual for deconstructing everything you thought you knew about art history and tells the stories that have been left out of the canon.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book is divided into four chronological sections, named after four different kinds of art space: The Palace, The Classroom, The Memorial and The Playground. Each section tackles the fascinating, enlightening and often shocking stories of a selection of art pieces, including the propaganda painting the East India Company used to justify its rule in India; the tattooed Maori skulls collected as 'art objects' by Europeans; and works by contemporary artists who are taking on colonial history in their work and activism today.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Whole Picture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a much-needed provocation to look more critically at the accepted narratives about art, and rethink and disrupt the way we interact with the museums and galleries that display it.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46348820185246,"sku":"ADS-9781788402453","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781788402453.jpg?v=1767013105","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781788402453","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}