{"product_id":"curating-at-the-edge-kate-bonansinga-9780292754430","title":"Curating at the Edge: Artists Respond to the U.S.\/Mexico Border","description":"\u003cp\u003eLocated less than a mile from Ju疵ez, the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso is a non-collecting institution that serves the Paso del Norte region. In \u003ci\u003eCurating at the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e, Kate Bonansinga brings to life her experiences as the Rubin's founding director, giving voice to a curatorial approach that reaches far beyond the limited scope of \"border art\" or Chicano art. Instead, Bonansinga captures the creative climate of 2004-2011, when contemporary art addressed broad notions of destruction and transformation, irony and subversion, gender and identity, and the impact of location on politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rubin's location in the Chihuahuan desert on the U.S.\/Mexican border is meaningful and intriguing to many artists, and, consequently, \u003ci\u003eCurating at the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e describes the multiple artistic perspectives conveyed in the place-based exhibitions Bonansinga oversaw. Exciting mid-career artists featured in this collection of case studies include Margarita Cabrera, Liz Cohen, Marcos Ram?ez ERRE, and many others. Recalling her experiences in vivid, first-person scenes, Bonansinga reveals the processes a contemporary art curator undertakes and the challenges she faces by describing a few of the more than sixty exhibitions that she organized during her tenure at the Rubin. She also explores the artists' working methods and the relationship between their work and their personal and professional histories (some are Mexican citizens, some are U.S. citizens of Mexican descent, and some have ancestral ties to Europe). Timely and illuminating, \u003ci\u003eCurating at the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the work of the interlocutors who connect artists and their audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Bonansinga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292754434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292754430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014","brand":"Kate Bonansinga","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913562915071,"sku":"9780292754430","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a3b46e9b-45d6-441e-996b-87de0896fc6c.jpg?v=1680621072","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/curating-at-the-edge-kate-bonansinga-9780292754430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}