Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

doi:10.2307/j.ctt1g69z2n

2015

DOI: 10.2307/j.ctt1g69z2n

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Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Abstract: Front cover image: Painted and gilt cartonnage mask of the Roman period (UC45926). Back cover image: Steatite statuette of seated scribe, Late 18th Dynasty (UC14820) ©Heini Schneebeli.

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Dialogues between Past and Present? Modern Art, Contemporary Art Practice, and Ancient Egypt in the Museum

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2024

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Whenever twentieth-century modern art or new contemporary artworks are included amongst displays of ancient Egypt, press statements often assert that such juxtapositions are ‘surprising’, ‘innovative’, and ‘fresh’, celebrating the external perspective they bring to such collections. But contemporary art’s relationship with museums and other disciplines needs to be understood in a longer-term perspective. Pairings of twentieth- and twenty-first-century artistic works with objects of antiquity is an activity that has been undertaken for more than a century in what has been a relatively long period of mutually reinforcing influences between modern/contemporary art, museum display, the art market, and Egyptian heritage. Together, they have decontextualised ancient Egyptian culture and shaped the language and perspectives of scholars, curators, and artists. In this paper, rather than considering how artists have been inspired by ancient Egypt, I will give a few examples of how more recent art practices from the late nineteenth century onwards have impacted the language and discourse of Egyptology and its museum representation. Then, using more recent artist engagements with the British Museum, I argue for greater interdisciplinary dialogues between artists and Egyptologists, as both take more critical stances towards research that recontextualises the power and agency of collections, representation, and knowledge production.

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Dialogues between Past and Present? Modern Art, Contemporary Art Practice, and Ancient Egypt in the Museum

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Interview with Dr. Alice Stevenson

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is the newly appointed Senior Lecturer in Museum Studies at UCL Institute of Archaeology and the course coordinator for Collections Curatorship and Ancient Egyptian Archaeology. In this interview she reflects on her career in academia and museums to date, especially as the curator of the Petrie Museum, as well discussing some of the issues and challenges facing museums in the 21st century. An audio version of this interview can be found here: http://doi.

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Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Abstract: Front cover image: Painted and gilt cartonnage mask of the Roman period (UC45926). Back cover image: Steatite statuette of seated scribe, Late 18th Dynasty (UC14820) ©Heini Schneebeli.

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Dialogues between Past and Present? Modern Art, Contemporary Art Practice, and Ancient Egypt in the Museum

Dialogues between Past and Present? Modern Art, Contemporary Art Practice, and Ancient Egypt in the Museum

Interview with Dr. Alice Stevenson

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