French Studies Publications
Title
Man in a Suitcase: Tulse Luper at Compton Verney
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
August 2005
Volume
6
Issue
2
Journal
Image [&] Narrative
Abstract
Exploring in the gallery space the possibilities of an experimental intermediality, Luper at Compton Verney deploys the suitcase both as an emblem for key moments of twentieth-century history, including Auschwitz , and as a recurrent device in twentieth-century art. This essay examines the intersections of art and history in an exhibition space conceived as a complex heterotopian play of "other spaces," such as suitcase installations, vitrine displays, film projections, video screenings, drawings, and maps.
