The Philosophy of Curatorial Practice: Between Work and World

by Sue Spaid

Book Overview

This book walks us through the process of how artworks eventually get their meaning, showing us how curated exhibitions invite audience members to weave an exhibition's narrative threads, which gives artworks their contents and discursive sense.

Arguing that exhibitions avail artworks as candidates for reception, whose meaning, value, and relevance reflect audience responses, it challenges the existing view that exhibitions present "already-validated"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350184012
• ISBN13: 9781350184015
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"