Panoptic Museum: A series of studies held captive

Often museum goers feel deterred by a fear of viewing art “improperly.” In order to create more accessible engagement with works of art, Panoptic Museum: A series of studies held captive presents a series of playful cut-paper dioramas akin to children’s pop-up books, in which the viewer is given the option to explore the visual language hidden in famous paintings through interactive pull tabs and brochures. My interdisciplinary education in art and design and art history led me to create Panoptic Museum: A series of studies held captive as a proposal for museums to add visual learning supplements alongside their exhibition labels, with the intention to reveal to the general public the unseen violence and social implications hiding in plain sight.