Verfasst von:	Balzer, David
Titel:	Curationism
Titelzusatz:	how curating took over the art world and everything else
Verf.angabe:	David Balzer
Ausgabe:	1. ed., 2. printing
Verlagsort:	Toronto
Verlag:	Coach House Books
Jahr:	2014
Umfang:	141 S
Format:	19 cm
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Exploded views
ISBN:	978-1-55245-299-8
	1-55245-299-9
Abstract:	Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture? 'Curate' is now a buzzword applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside the art world, the curator reigns supreme, acting as the face of high-profile group shows and biennials in a way that can eclipse and assimilate the contributions of individual artists. At the same time, curatorial studies programs continue to grow in popularity, and businesses are increasingly adopting curation as a means of adding value to content and courting demographics. Everyone, it seems, is a now a curator. But what is a curator, exactly? And what does the explosive popularity of curating say about our culture's relationship with taste, labour and the avant-garde? In this incisive and original study, critic David Balzer travels through art history and around the globe to explore the cult of curation - where it began, how it came to dominate museums and galleries, and how it was co-opted at the turn of the millennium as the dominant mode of organizing and giving value to content. At the centre of the book is a paradox: curation is institutionalized and expertise-driven like never before, yet the first independent curators were not formally trained, and any act of choosing has become 'curating.' Is the professional curator an oxymoron? Has curation reached a sort of endgame, where its widespread fetishization has led to its own demise?
Schlagwörter:	(s)Kurator <Museumskunde>    / (z)Geschichte
	(s)Kunst    / (s)Museum    / (s)Ausstellung    / (s)Präsentation    / (s)Kunstbetrieb    / (s)Kunstmarkt
Sprache:	eng
RVK-Notation:	AK 86500
K10plus-PPN:	81980312X