Description
| Product ID: | 9780367672751 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Curating in a Time of Ecological Crisis |
| Subtitle: | Biennales as Agents of Change |
| Authors: | Author: Felicity Fenner |
| Page Count: | 122 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, The Arts: treatments and subjects, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Museology and heritage studies, Cultural studies, Social groups, communities and identities, Anthropology, Climate change, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Art treatments & subjects, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Museology & heritage studies, Cultural studies, Social groups, Anthropology, Climate change, Environmental science, engineering & technology, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Curating in a Time of Ecological Crisis reaffirms the relevance and impactful role of art, revealing how contemporary art exhibitions can capture the zeitgeist and advance new and collaborative approaches to a more sustainable inhabitation of Earth. Curating in a Time of Ecological Crisis reaffirms the relevance and impactful role of art, revealing how contemporary art exhibitions can capture the zeitgeist and advance new and collaborative approaches to a more sustainable inhabitation of Earth. The book is largely focused on biennales, which it argues are the contemporary exhibition models with the greatest capacity to offer new perspectives and propose alternative ways of connecting with our social and natural environments. Felicity Fenner demonstrates this by showing how curators of these high-profile exhibitions are responding in creative and engaging ways to the issues that preoccupy artists and society more broadly, of which the ecological crisis is paramount. Drawing on case studies from different parts of the world, the author reveals how biennales can make a constructive contribution to debates and attitudes around climate change, and how the role of the curator has evolved to re-embrace a duty of care not just to art but to the natural world as well. Curating in a Time of Ecological Crisis investigates how large-scale exhibitions of contemporary international art can become agents of change. As such, the book will be essential reading for scholars, students, and practitioners with an interest in exhibitions, curating, contemporary art, and environmental sustainability. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-09-25 |
