Harley Parker : The McLuhan of the Museum

Name: Harley Parker : The McLuhan of the Museum
Brand: University of Alberta Press

University of Alberta Press

Harley ParkerThe McLuhan of the Museum\nAuthor(s): Gary Genosko\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Alberta Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Alberta Press\nISBN-13: 9781772127935, 978-1772127935\nSynopsis\nThis is the first book about the life and work of Harley Parker [tel], Canadian museum exhibition designer, typographer, and painter. As friend and collaborator of media luminary Marshall McLuhan, Parkers influence extended far beyond the realm of art. In this groundbreaking intellectual biography, Genosko shows that Parkers unique perspective on museums is based on his application of McLuhans medium theory to exhibition design. His emphasis on the role of the senses anticipated much of contemporary sensory studies, which will bring his work into focus for a new generation of scholars. A highlight of Parkers career as Head of General Display at Torontos Royal Ontario Museum [tel] was his Hall of Invertebrate Fossils, which opened to considerable acclaim in early 1967..