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The Curatorial - A Philosophy of Curating (Hardcover, New)
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The Curatorial - A Philosophy of Curating (Hardcover, New)
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Stop curating! And think what curating is all about. This book
starts from this simple premise: thinking the activity of curating.
To do that, it distinguishes between 'curating' and 'the
curatorial'. If 'curating' is a gamut of professional practices for
setting up exhibitions, then 'the curatorial' explores what takes
place on the stage set up, both intentionally and unintentionally,
by the curator. It therefore refers not to the staging of an event,
but to the event of knowledge itself. In order to start thinking
about curating, this book takes a new approach to the topic.
Instead of relying on conventional art historical narratives (for
example, identifying the moments when artistic and curatorial
practices merged or when the global curator-author was first
identified), this book puts forward a multiplicity of perspectives
that go from the anecdotal to the theoretical and from the personal
to the philosophical. These perspectives allow for a fresh
reflection on curating, one in which, suddenly, curating becomes an
activity that implicates us all (artists, curators, and viewers),
not just as passive recipients, but as active members. As such, the
Curatorial is a book without compromise: it asks us to think again,
fight against sweeping art historical generalizations, the
sedimentation of ideas and the draw of the sound bite. Curating
will not stop, but at least with this book it can begin to allow
itself to be challenged by some of the most complex and
ethics-driven thought of our times.
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