Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s)

Name: Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s)
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ISBN: 9780262017725

ISBN-10: 0262017725

ISBN-13: 9780262017725

Edition: 2012

Authors: Paul O'Neill

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Once considered a mere caretaker for collections, the curator is now widely viewed as a globally connected auteur. Over the last twenty-five years, as international group exhibitions and biennials have become the dominant mode of presenting contemporary art to the public, curatorship has begun to be perceived as a constellation of creative activities not unlike artistic praxis. The curator has gone from being a behind-the-scenes organizer and selector to a visible, centrally important cultural producer. In The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s), Paul O'Neill examines the emergence of independent curatorship and the discourse that helped to establish it. O'Neill describes…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/17/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 194
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298

Paul O'Neill is a curator, artist, and writer who has curated or co-curated more than fifty projects. As author and editor, he has published widely in books, anthologies, journals, and art magazines. He lives in Bristol, U.K.