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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Bloomsbury Academic,
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Publisher Address: | London : |
Publication Dates: | 2020. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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"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. |