Curationism : how curating took over the art world and everything else /
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| Author / Creator: | Balzer, David, author. |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | Toronto : Coach House Books, [2014] ©2014 |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Exploded views Exploded views. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11237168 |
| Summary: | "Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture?<br> <br> '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?<br> <br> 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?<br> <br> David Balzer has contributed to publications including the Believer, Modern Painters , Artforum.com, and The Globe and Mail , and is the author of Contrivances , a short-fiction collection. He is currently Associate Editor at Canadian Art magazine. Balzer was born in Winnipeg and currently resides in Toronto, where he makes a living as a critic, editor and teacher.<br> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781770563872 1770563873 9781770563865 1770563865 9781552452998 1552452999 |
| Access: | Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. |