num_pages: 144
description: On Curating Carolee Thea's second volume of interviews with ten of today's leading curators explores the intellectual convictions and personal visions that lay the groundwork for the most prestigious and influential exhibitions in the world today. Among the aesthetic and theoretical issues raised are the relationship between artist and curator globalism post-colonialism capitalism the future of cultural tourism and the biennial as spectacle or utopian ideal. As Thea notes in her introduction the biennial or mega-exhibition--a laboratory for experimentation investigation and aesthetic liberation--is where the curators' experience and knowledge are tested. As they negotiate venues for artistic expression intellectual critiques and humanistic concerns in their own societies and others they are challenged by the certainties and uncertainties of a constantly evolving future. Thea's interviewees are Joseph Backstein Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev Okwui Enwezor Charles Esche Massimiliano Gioni RoseLee Goldberg Mary Jane Jacob Pi Li Virginia Perez-Ratton and Rirkrit Tiravanija. On Curating also includes 50 color illustrations of relevant works by (among others) Kutlug Ataman Tamy Ben-Tor John Bock Cao Fei Olafur Eliasson Isaac Julien Francois &amp; Philippe Parreno Yvonne Rainer Michael Rakowitz Doris Salcedo Allan Sekula Yinka Shonibare and Francesca Woodman.Carolee Thea is a curator critic art historian and independent scholar. Her first book Foci: Interviews with Ten International Curators was published in 2001. She is contributing editor at ArtAsiaPacific and Sculpture magazine and was the English editor of Atlantica 45. Her articles reviews and interviews have been published in many arts journals among them Parkett  Artforum.com  The New Art Examiner Modern Painters  Artnet.com ZSijue 21 Beijing Heresies Tema Celeste Parachute and ArtNews.
language: English
title: On Curating: Interviews with Ten International Curators: Interviews with Ten International Curators
publisher: Distributed Art Publishers (DAP)