How Institutions Think
Between Contemporary Art and Curatorial Discourse
$70.28
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2017
Summary
Reflections on how institutions inform art, curatorial, educational, and research practices while they shape the world around us.Contemporary art and curatorial work, and the institutions that house them, have often been centers of power, hierarchy, control, value, and discipline. Even the most progressive among them face the dilemma of existing as institutionalized anti-institutions. This anthology-taking its title from Mary Douglas’s 1986 book, How Institutions Think-reconsiders the practic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262534321 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262534320 |
| Author: | Paul O'Neill, Lucy Steeds, Mick Wilson |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 563g |
| Dimensions: | 298mm x 210mm |
| Series: | How Institutions Think |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
About The Author
Paul O'Neill
Paul O’Neill, an artist, curator, educator, and writer, is Artistic Director of Publics, Helsinki, and the author of The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture (MIT Press). He is coeditor of The Curatorial Conundrum- What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? and How Institutions Think (both published by the MIT Press).Lucy Steeds is Reader in Art Theory and Exhibition History at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London. She is coeditor of The Curatorial Conundrum- What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? and How Institutions Think (both published by the MIT Press).Mick Wilson is an artist, educator, and researcher based in Sweden and Ireland and coeditor of The Curatorial Conundrum- What to Study? What to Research? What to Practice? and How Institutions Think (both published by the MIT Press).
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