Cultural Management research partnerships
The Times and Spaces of Sculpture in the Museum
Dr Christopher Marshall with collaborators: The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
This project considers the changing functions and associations of sculpture in the museum from the Renaissance to today. Sculpture has long enjoyed a prominent position in museums. Pope Sixtus IV's bequest of a sculpture collection to the people of Rome in 1471 formed the nucleus of the Capitoline Museum and sculpture played an equally fundamental role in the institution of Pope Julius II's Vatican Belvedere courtyard together with the countless private and public art collections that it helped to inspire. Sculpture in the Museum focuses on these and subsequent examples of high-profile sculpture initiatives instigated in museums as a means of promoting the institutions' wider aspirations and ideals. Work on the project commenced in late 2005 thanks to a Senior Fellowship awarded by the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. This Fellowship A conference is planned for 2007 on this topic, to be hosted by the Henry Moore Institute, which will form the basis, in turn, for an edited book, the development of further research modules and the publication of an eventual monograph on the topic.
Developing an ethical and multi-dimensional framework for the exhibition of creative works by people who experience mental illness and/or psychological trauma
Dr Anthony White with collaborators: Eugen Koh, Director, Cunningham Dax Collection: Art, Creativity and Education in Mental Health
Type of Project: ARC Linkage Project
This project is a linkage grant proposed to the Australia Research Council which will develop a methodology for exhibiting art works by people who experience mental illness and/or psychological trauma. The project is focused around the collections of the Cunningham Dax Collection, one of the world's most significant collections of such material.