Even if we allow that Rosler's 'garage sale' is transformed to the extent that goods and sales process have been aestheticised or stylised by their function as a display in a grand institution - the bottom line is it condescends to a very real and painful experience now endemic throughout the country. It's not something to feel smug or clever about. Both artist and museum should be ashamed of themselves.
But as you point out, it's really another opportunity for insiders to conspicuoulsy flaunt their own tawdry dealings.
Even if we allow that Rosler's 'garage sale' is transformed to the extent that goods and sales process have been aestheticised or stylised by their function as a display in a grand institution - the bottom line is it condescends to a very real and painful experience now endemic throughout the country. It's not something to feel smug or clever about. Both artist and museum should be ashamed of themselves.
But as you point out, it's really another opportunity for insiders to conspicuoulsy flaunt their own tawdry dealings.