Thinking Contemporary Curating

by Terry Smith

What is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. These include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as knowledge production; the historicization of exhibition-making; and commitment to extra-artworld participatory activism. Less obvious, but increasingly of concern, are issues such as rethinking spectatorship,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916365867
• ISBN13: 9780916365868
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Independent Curators International
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 7.9"