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FEATURES
Curating: Then and Now
Alex Coles finds precedents and precursors for the present in the 1950s and 60s:
‘In 1969, Reyner Banham noted the shift that is now perceived to be so crucial from production and hardware to service and software. Aspects of contemporary exhibitions such as Superflex’s provision of refreshments for ‘Utopia Station’ at last year’s Venice Biennale are indeed premised on the provision of services.’
I am a Curator
Who says so? Paul O’Neill wants to know.
‘If ‘I am a Curator’ is the answer, to whom is the question addressed and who is defining the terms of this reductive curatorial engagement in the first place?’
‘The key issue is no longer the fluctuating relationships between artist and curator but rather the ever-increasing tension (or lack thereof) between criticism and curating.’
EDITORIAL
Take your partners please
‘While the association of newspapers with galleries is nothing new, the notion of a more open-ended and ongoing relationship between newspapers and public sector museums is new and should, perhaps, be a cause of concern. The guarantee of press coverage is in itself problematic in that it automatically disadvantages less high profile public arts institutions competing for media attention. And while there is no obligation on the part of critics retained by the newspapers in question to write promotional copy, the perception that they might be pressured into doing so is bad enough.’
EXHIBITION REVIEWS
Playlist
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Sara Harrison
3.Berlin Biennale
Various venues, Berlin
Michael Corris
Gambiarra: New Art from Brazil
Firstsite, Colchester
Mark Wilsher
Irwin
Cornerhouse, Manchester
Nick Crowe
Mike Kelley
Tate Liverpool
Sally O'Reilly
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Tate Britain, London
Morgan Falconer
Donald Judd
Tate Modern, London
Patricia Bickers
Roy Lichtenstein
Hayward Gallery, London
Eliza Williams
A Kind of Bliss
The Drawing Room, London
Ian White
Haunted Media
Site Gallery, Sheffield
Martin Herbert
Wonderful: Visions of the Near Future
Arnolfini at L Shed, Bristol
David Barrett
Christine Borland
Lisson Gallery, London
Maria Walsh
Conor Kelly
Peer, London
Dan Smith
ARTISTS’ BOOKS
Anna Best
Stephen Bury reviews Occasional Sights: a London guide book of missed opportunities and things that aren’t always there.
BOOKS
Real Spaces
Martin Patrick reviews Real Spaces: World Art History and the Rise of Western Modernism by David Summers.
MUSIC
Max Neuhaus
David Ryan reviews Max Neuhaus - Fontana Mix - Feed 1965-68: Six Realisations of John Cage.
POLEMIC
When Children of Empire Come Home
Rasheed Araeen on the failure of the Arts Council’s cultural diversity initiatives.
‘There is a notion that those who are seen to be other have a different intellectual ability from that of people of European origin, and that they can only use this ability within their own specific cultural frameworks; and that since these cultures are rooted elsewhere they require special help. Consequently, only those who conform to this view receive insitutional support and recognition for their work.’
REPORT
Sci-Art
When Attitudes Became Formed
Peter Suchin reports from ‘Science and the Arts: the emergence of a new consciousness from the 60s to now’.
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