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The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s)
Paul O'Neill
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Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 31 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; ACXJ; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 452.
How curating has changed art and how art has changed curating: an examination of the emergence contemporary curatorship. Once considered a mere caretaker for collections, the curator is now widely viewed as a globally connected auteur. Over the last twenty-five years, as international group exhibitions and biennials have become the dominant mode of presenting contemporary art to the public, curatorship has begun to be perceived as a constellation of creative activities not unlike artistic praxis. The curator has gone from being a behind-the-scenes organizer and selector to a visible, centrally important cultural producer. In The Culture of ... Read more
How curating has changed art and how art has changed curating: an examination of the emergence contemporary curatorship. Once considered a mere caretaker for collections, the curator is now widely viewed as a globally connected auteur. Over the last twenty-five years, as international group exhibitions and biennials have become the dominant mode of presenting contemporary art to the public, curatorship has begun to be perceived as a constellation of creative activities not unlike artistic praxis. The curator has gone from being a behind-the-scenes organizer and selector to a visible, centrally important cultural producer. In The Culture of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
451g
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262529747
SKU
V9780262529747
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About Paul O'Neill
Paul O'Neill, an artist, curator, educator, and writer, is Artistic Director of Publics, Helsinki, and the author of The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture (MIT Press). He is coeditor of The Curatorial Conundrum: What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? and How Institutions Think (both published by the MIT Press).
Reviews for The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s)
Delivering, in great detail, the conflicting views of a variety of influential curators, theorists, art historians, and artists, his dense historical read provides a survey of curatorial discourse, but falls short of investigating what it really means to curate today...O'Neill has provided a thorough account of recent curatorial history, but he fails to give us clues to or considerations of ... Read more