Overview
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: āKonstrukcja w Procesie,ā an artist-driven collaboration with the SolidarnoÅÄ movement in ÅĆ³dÅŗ, 1981; āDie Endlichkeit der Freiheit,ā initiated by artists Rebecca Horn and Jannis Kounellis and playwright Heiner MĆ¼ller on both sides of the former Berlin Wall in 1990; āCulture in Action,ā curated by Mary Jane Jacob in Chicago in 1993; āSonsbeek 93ā in Arnhem, curated by Valerie Smith; āFem trƤdgĆ„rdar,ācurated by Carlos CapelĆ”n in Simrishamn and Ystad in 1996; āINSITE,ā an ongoing series of exhibitions in San Diego and Tijuana launched in 1992; āU-media,ā curated by VAVD Editions in UmeĆ„ in 1987; and Ida Biardās āLa Galerie des Locataires,ā which, from 1972 until today, has used the window of a Parisian apartment as an exhibition space.
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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 fencesāwhether physical, political, or social? Why is participation so hard to catalyze and conduct? How have artworks come to constitute a practice of āsituated knowledge,ā 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?
This book title, Assuming Asymmetries (Conversations on Curating Public Art Projects in the 1980s and 1990s), ISBN: 9783956796128, by CuratorLab, published by MIT Press (February 1, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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