{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-curatorial-practice-sue-spaid-9781350184015","title":"The Philosophy of Curatorial Practice: Between Work and World","description":"This book walks us through the process of how artworks eventually get their meaning, showing us how curated exhibitions invite audience members to weave an exhibition's narrative threads, which gives artworks their contents and discursive sense.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Arguing that exhibitions avail artworks as candidates for reception, whose meaning, value, and relevance reflect audience responses, it challenges the existing view that exhibitions present \"already-validated\" candidates for appreciation. Instead, this book stresses the collaborative nature of curatorial practices, debunking the twin myths of \u003ci\u003eautonomous artists\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003esovereign artistic directors\u003c\/i\u003e and treating presentation and reception as separate processes. Employing set theory to distinguish curated exhibitions from uncurated exhibitions, installation art and collections, it demonstrates how exhibitions grant spectators access to concepts that aid their capacity to grasp artifacts as artworks. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e To inform and illuminate current debates in curatorial practice, Spaid draws on a range of case studies from Impressionism, Dada and Surrealism to more contemporary exhibitions such as Maurizio Cattelan \"All\" (2011) and \"Damien Hirst\" (2012). In articulating the process that cycles through exploration, interpretation, presentation and reception, curating bears resemblance to artistic direction more generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sue Spaid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350184012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350184015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.62d","brand":"Sue Spaid","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057524732159,"sku":"9781350184015","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7628aaa4-f039-45d1-9e37-f5d5053494df.jpg?v=1685047491","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-curatorial-practice-sue-spaid-9781350184015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}