Painted Word and John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, Curationism will change the way you look at art – and maybe even the way you see yourself. A curator, essentially a jack-of-all-trades, is now understood as one. Say about our culture’s relationship with taste, labour and the avant-garde? In this vibrant, revelatory and original study, David Balzer travels through art history and around the globe toĮxplore the cult of curation, from superstar curator Hans Ulrich Obrist’s war with sleep to Subway’s ‘sandwich artists.’ Recalling such landmark works of cultural criticism as Tom Wolfe’s The David Balzer initiates his work by establishing the term curationism in its diverse etymological and historical context, and its progression to rock-star status then finally shows how it takes off in the quotidian environment to collectivize and individuate simultaneously. But what is a curator, exactly? And what does the explosive popularity of curating Curatorial-studies programs continue to grow, and theīusiness world is adopting curation as a means of adding value to content. The face of high-profile group shows and biennials in a way that can eclipse and assimilate the contributions of individual artists. 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. Inside the art world, the curator reigns supreme, acting as Tomado de Amazon: "‘Curate is now a buzzword, applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese.
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