“History is written by the victors” goes the old adage. At the Brooklyn Museum we seek to examine as

“History is written by the victors” goes the old adage. At the Brooklyn Museum we seek to examine assumptions and structures put in place by those in positions of power through our scholarship, our exhibitions—and our tours. Expanding Narratives is a new program that examines objects in the collection to see how they can help illuminate under-represented histories, voices, and stories in Western society.Educators and volunteer guides in the Art, Teaching, and Research (A.R.T.) Program work to create conversations that allow visitors, in the words of A.R.T. Guide Blaine Bilal, “to think more critically and ultimately to learn more from the works themselves.” By way of example, Blaine adds, “In my tour, we compare selected works from the Arts of the Americas Galleries and the Sackler Center for Feminist Art to discuss and recognize the dehumanization of historically marginalized groups in the United States, and particularly the common narrative identifying Native American peoples as a part of the natural landscape instead of as the first nations and peoples of this land.”Other Expanding Narratives talks have examined the roles that beautiful images can play in propaganda, the ways memory and nostalgia can mask or reveal difficult histories, and how artists have responded to acts of appropriation of their cultural heritage. Join the conversation on Saturdays at 3:30 pm.Posted by Christina Marinelli -- source link

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