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The Curatorial - A Philosophy of Curating (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R4,372
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The Curatorial - A Philosophy of Curating (Hardcover, New)

Jean-Paul Martinon

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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.

General

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2013
First published: 2014
Editors: Jean-Paul Martinon
Dimensions: 241 x 160 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 255
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-2560-4
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology
Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
LSN: 1-4725-2560-4
Barcode: 9781472525604

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