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> I wonder if we are seeing the next stage in curatorial study -- exhibitions devoted to the practice of curators. Can anyone name any others? (has the Getty mounted a show about Szeeman yet?)
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is very important, I think.
I was wandering what it means to have all those images of
the setting up/preparation of an exhibition put online
(Flikr or elsewhere) and being included in catalogs, books,
etc.
Transparency for whom ? Transparency of what ?
Why do we want the audience to see "the kitchen" as we say
in French when we (curators, artists, and everyone envolved
in building a show) spend so much energy, time, money to
"display" a work of art in a manner that makes sense, is
respectful of the intention of the artist and that,
precisely, hides the making.
So, would another "next step" be an exhibition "in the
making", without the works fully "set up" or with the
crates, hammers and all the tools, wires, and dust also on
display ?
And then, what would it/should it look like ? and what would
it tell ?
Annick
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