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Art Museum Studies

Momento

On Standing in Front of Art

by (author) Jeffery Donaldson

Publisher
Gordon Hill Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2023
Category
Museum Studies, Essays, Criticism & Theory
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781774220764
    Publish Date
    Apr 2023
    List Price
    $22.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781774220788
    Publish Date
    Apr 2023
    List Price
    $10.00

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Description

Why do we stand in front of art and look at it? Why do we go to galleries and museums? What does it feel like? What do you expect to have happen there? How do you feel before you enter, after you leave? What do you do with all your moods, your attentions, your restlessness, your curiosity, your sense of time? How does a visit come to be in the way that a painting comes to be? Does it matter how you begin? Does it matter if you’re ready? Jeffery Donaldson's Momento answers these questions and more by offering a poetic daydream about the curious, otherworldly, but urgent and existential experience of art, artifacts, and the buildings that house them. This little book itself is like a visit to a museum. Enter and wander as you please.

About the author

Jeffery Donaldson is the author of Palilalia, a finalist for the Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry, Waterglass, and Once out of Nature. He has also the co-editor of Frye and the Word:  Religious Contexts in the Writings of Northrop Frye. Donaldson teaches poetry and American literature at McMaster University. He lives on the Niagara Escarpment near Grimsby, Ontario. 

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