This catalogue was published in 2010 for the project *The Museum of Found Objects* – an acitivity of the Visual Arts Directorate, Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency by artists Mirjam Linschooten and Sameer Farooq.

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The Museum of Found Objects: Istanbul

*The Museum of Found Objects* is a project initiated by artists Sameer Farooq (Canada) and Mirjam Linschooten (Netherlands/France). In response to the AGO exhibition *Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts*, *The Museum of Found Objects* proposes to create an archive of everyday objects fueled by Toronto’s South Asian neighbourhoods. A direct line will be drawn between historic objects and present-day objects, cleverly updating the AGO’s Maharaja exhibition. Toronto-based artist, Sameer Farooq and his Paris, France-based collaborator, Mirjam Linschooten apply the strict methodologies of a museum – collecting, preparing, interpreting and displaying – to a selection of objects collected from neighbourhoods such as Brampton, Mississauga, Scarborough and Milton. The work challenges a museological portrayal of “culture” by introducing non-precious, surprising, and mundane objects into a place of importance. 

*The Museum of Found Objects* was first developed in Istanbul, as a commission from the Turkish Ministry of Culture during the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture. This artists’ book, published in 2011, continues the exhibition’s museological approach, with a collection of catalogue-style photographs, which are accompanied by the humourous and subjective captions that were used in the exhibition. A series of notes, written by Haema Sivanesan, offers insight into the way *The Museum of Found Objects* critiques and challenges the museum’s authorial role in defining culture, while also reflecting upon ideas about the urban South Asian consumer.

This artists’ book accompanies the project *The Museum of Found Objects: Toronto (Maharajah and –)* co-presented by SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) and the Art Gallery of Ontario, as part of the Toronto Now series at the Young Gallery 5 February – 3 April, 2011.



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The Museum of Found Objects: Toronto

The Museum of Found Objects: Istanbul

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