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028			_a: Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd. _b: A-184, A, Nand Gram, Ghaziabad, UP. _c: 3998 _d: 29/08/2023
082			_a708 BAL
100			_aBalzer, David.
245			_aCurationism _b : how curating took over the art world and everything else. _c/ David Balzer.
260			_a, London _b: Pluto Press _c, 2015.
300			_avii,135p. _c: 22cm.
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505			_a Cover Contents Introduction Prologue: Who is HUO? Part 1: Value Part 2: Work Acknowledgements About the Author
520			_aNow that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture? 'Curate' is now a buzzword applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside the art world, the curator reigns supreme, acting as the face of high-profile group shows and biennials in a way that can eclipse and assimilate the contributions of individual artists. At the same time, curatorial studies programs continue to grow in popularity, and businesses are increasingly adopting curation as a means of adding value to content and courting demographics. Everyone, it seems, is a now a curator. But what is a curator, exactly? And what does the explosive popularity of curating say about our culture's relationship with taste, labour and the avant-garde? In this incisive and original study, critic David Balzer travels through art history and around the globe to explore the cult of curation - where it began, how it came to dominate museums and galleries, and how it was co-opted at the turn of the millennium as the dominant mode of organizing and giving value to content. At the centre of the book is a paradox: curation is institutionalized and expertise-driven like never before, yet the first independent curators were not formally trained, and any act of choosing has become 'curating.' Is the professional curator an oxymoron? Has curation reached a sort of endgame, where its widespread fetishization has led to its own demise?
650			_aArt
650			_aArt History
650			_aCuratorship History
650			_aHistory
650			_aLibraries and Museums
700			_aDavid Balzer.
942			_cBOOK
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