Conquering the present in the long sixties
Subtitle: the curatorial birth of contemporary art
By: Kristian Handberg
Publisher: Antipyrine
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Aarhus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9788793694323
Subjects: Modern Art; History; Art; Exhibition techniques; Exhibitions
Other titles: Curatorial birth of contemporary art
Description: This essay proposes a new frame for understanding contemporary art and its curatorial birth through a special fixation on the present carried out in new ways of exhibiting, thinking and experiencing art. Coining the term 'Gegenwartsbewältigung' for the conquering of and coming to terms with the present, it unfolds a reading of experimental curatorial visions and artworks from the postwar years to after 1968.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.