... context, as specific pieces have been grouped together in one area of the room, and in looking at this it becomes obvious why certain pieces were selected for the room. Barker in Contemporary Cultures of Display comments on how works are classified into groups: "Within an art museum, the classifications employed are derived from the discipline of art history; the works of art will therefore typically be arranged by period, school, style, movement or artist (or a combination of these.)" (Barker 1999, p.13.) The room contains photographs, installations and sculptures, which are intermingled into themes that the artist is trying to display. For example, Chicken Knickers, [1] (1998, photograph on paper, Tate Modern, London) is situated just inside a doorway on the right hand side. The photograph shows the torso of a young woman with a raw, featherless chicken placed in front of the woman's knickers. The arrangement of the ...

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