That being said, I think “Bruegel” did a very good job. Why not a perfect job? Well, let’s examine the dramaturgy of the exhibition.
The exhibition’s didactics and therefore the level of blockbuster-title-execution (sorry for that word creation!) didn’t go far enough, rather than too far – at least for me. Since Austrian media are pretty reluctant to applaud a good blockbuster show, Austria’s museums often tend to be reluctant to stage their exhibits gloriously. Not all of course, but in this case, I think the Kunsthistorisches Museum could have gone further! I think that research results are super exciting and so should be their staging. Particularly when it came to all the wonderful research photography, I wished the interior design would have been more courageous (see gallery for the exhibition halls). Also when it came to the room showing 16thcentury shoes and other objects a more didactical and interior-wisely fancy staging would have been very exciting. As I am truly fond of things like immersive theatre or the idea of a Gesamtkunstwerk, I am always looking for art exhibitions/events being artful themselves and not just illustrational. I love to dive in into artistic universes, so an exhibition can be daring as well as narrative when it comes to the staging of the art content. In short, I wish there was more FACTION happening. Anyhow these last words only describing a pious hope, “Bruegel” was a pleasure to visit!
How do you feel about the staging of exhibitions? Are you team PRESENTATION or THEATER? Team ILLUSTRATION or team MAGIC? Looking forward to your comments!
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