Title & Author:

Assuming asymmetries : conversations on curating public art in the 1980s and 1990s / edited by CuratorLab 2020/21, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Anna Mikaela Ekstrand [and 11 others].

Publication:

Stockholm, Sweden : Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design ; London : Sternberg Press, [2022]
©2022

Description:

366 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

Konstfack education collection ; 5

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- Perfect harmony : on asymmetries in collaborative processes / Sofia Wiberg -- Asymmetrical lessons : pregnancy, horses, and BDSM / Jonna Bornemark -- Konstrukcja W Procesie (Construction in Process), Łódź, 1981 / Edy Fung, Marc Navarro, Hanna Nordell, and Tomek Pawłowski Jarmołajew -- U-media, Umeå, 1987 / Vasco Forconi and Maria Lind -- Die Endlichkeit der Freiheit (The Finitude of Freedom), Berlin, 1990 / Julius Lehmann, Marc Navarro, and Erik Sandberg -- Culture in Action, Chicago, 1993 / Anna Mikaela Ekstrand, Giulia Floris, and Simina Neagu -- Sonsbeek 93, Arnhem, 1993 / Julius Lehmann and Giulia Floris -- Bridging exhibitions, Roundtable on Culture in Action, Project Unité, Sonsbeek 93, and sonsbeek20-->24 / Anna Mikaela Ekstrand and Giulia Floris -- Fem Trädgårdar (Five Gardens), Simrishamn and Ystad, 1996 / Giulia Floris, Edy Fung, and Hanna Nordell -- La Galerie des Locataires (The Tenants' Gallery), Paris and other places, 1972-present / Marc Navarro -- INSITE, San Diego-Tijuana and Mexico City, 1992-present / Anna Mikaela Ekstrand and Julius Lehmann.

Summary:

Through conversations with curators and participating artists, this book revisits some of the most groundbreaking yet under-researched European and US public art exhibitions of the 1980s and 1990s...Assuming Asymmetries focuses on questions central to all these projects: How can art productively navigate political tensions? How have artists and curators addressed the ethical asymmetries of the border condition, of inside and outside, working across walls and fences--whether physical, political, or social? Why is participation so hard to catalyze and conduct? How have artworks come to constitute a practice of "situated knowledge," engaging with the contexts in which they are produced or exhibited? And finally, what can we learn from the exhibitions discussed here when developing new, respectful forms of curating today?--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

9783956796128 paperback
3956796128 paperback

Subject:

Public art.
Art and society.
Art Philosophy.
Public art spaces.
Curatorship.
Art museum curators Interviews.
Museum curators Interviews.
Art et société.
Art Philosophie.
Espaces d'art public.
Conservation.
Conservateurs de musée d'art Entretiens.
Art museum curators
Museum curators

Form/genre:

interviews.
Interviews

Added entries:

Ekstrand, Anna Mikaela. editor.
CuratorLab 2020/21. editor.
Konstfack education collection ; 5.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316731
Call No.: 316731
Copy: 1
Status: Available