Folklore as Wonder or, Speculative Methods and Artistic Transformations of Folk Customs across Gallery and Museum Practice
Cowan, Matthew
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| Title: | Folklore as Wonder or, Speculative Methods and Artistic Transformations of Folk Customs across Gallery and Museum Practice | ||
| Authors: | Cowan, Matthew (Author) | ||
| Product number: | 9789523535213 | ||
| Product form: | Paperback | ||
| Availability: | Delivery in 1-3 workdays | ||
| Publication date: | 29.9.2026 | ||
| Price per piece: | 25,00 € (22,03 € vat 0 %) | ||
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| Publisher: | Taideyliopiston Kuvataideakatemia |
| Edition: | 2026 |
| Publication year: | 2026 |
| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 335 |
| Product family: | Academy of Fine Arts Publications |
| Finnish library classification: | 70 TAIDE. TAIDEHISTORIA |
| Key words: | Folklore, Museums, Contemporary art, Carneval, Artistic research, Interventions |
| Legal guarantee: | Your legal guarantee rights |
Folklore as Wonder considers the material and conceptual shifts that occur when particular European folk customs are recontextualised within a contemporary art framework. Developed as artistic research across four exhibition projects, the enquiry formulates the concept of folklore-as-artwork through speculative practice, defamiliarisation, the carnivalesque, and ritualised humour. Examining insti¬tutional translocation, it generates bi-textual encounters that interrupt museum taxonomies and activate strange wonder. In tracing how folklore operates across artistic and historical contexts, the research offers a critical model for artistically re-engaging with folk traditions.