The philosophy of curatorial practice : between work and world /

"This book walks us through the process of how artworks eventually get their meaning. Using notions of belonging and membership and applying analytic perspectives, it shows us how curated exhibitions invite audience members to infer an exhibition's narrative threads, giving artworks their...

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Main Authors: Spaid, Sue
Published: Bloomsbury Academic,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2020.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "This book walks us through the process of how artworks eventually get their meaning. Using notions of belonging and membership and applying analytic perspectives, it shows us how curated exhibitions invite audience members to infer an exhibition's narrative threads, giving artworks their contents and discursive sense. By drawing on a range of case studies from Impressionism, Dada, and Surrealism to more contemporary exhibitions such as Maurizio Cattelan's "All" and "Damien Hirst", this is a new reading of exploration, conceptualisation, presentation, and reception, informing and illuminating current debates in curatorial practice"--
Carrier Form: xvi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781350114890
1350114898
9781350184015
1350184012
Index Number: N4395
CLC: G265-02
Call Number: G265-02/S733
Contents: The curator -- The spectator -- Curated exhibitions -- Aesthetics -- Meaning-making -- Artistic direction -- The U?bercurator.