Traction : an applied and polemical attempt to locate contemporary art /
Tirdad Zolghadr
Bok · Engelsk · 2016
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| Utgitt | Berlin : : Sternberg Press, , cop. 2016.
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| Omfang | 263 s. : : ill. ;
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| Opplysninger | "Parts of this book are heavily reworked, expanded versions of essays previously published, over the years, in..."-- Kolophon. - Traction argues that contemporary art is defined by a moral economy of indeterminacy that allows curators and artists to imagine themselves on the other side of power. This self-positioning, in turn, leaves us politically bankrupt, intellectually stagnant, and aesthetically predictable. In his memoir-polemic, curator and writer Tirdad Zolghadr candidly reflects on his own experiences and the work of others. He also drafts possibilities for a logic and a support structure that can offer some purchase of their own, beyond the gravitational pull of business as usual. Ultimately, Traction calls for a renewed sense of profession, somewhere within the corridors of power where, for better or worse, contemporary art has long arrived.
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| ISBN | 3956792033. - 9783956792038
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