remove Me (I’m Yours) at Monnaie de Paris is the latest exhibit to encourage visitors to consume all their senses to grasp art’s meaningWherever we go in a museum,the “Don’t touch” signs are there. From our childhood we are taught to keep our hands to ourselves. The etymology of the word “visitor” makes it clear that we are only there to see. So the remove Me (Im Yours) exhibit at Monnaie de Paris is a most unusual proposition. The curators, artist Christian Boltanski and Hans Ulrich Obrist, or co-director of London’s Serpentine Gallery,are determined to confront a few taboos, encouraging viewers to pick up objects or, or better still,remove them domestic. Related: remove Me (I'm Yours), a tactile exhibition - in pictures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com