Exhibition as Social Intervention: “Culture in Action” 1993
The fifth book in Afterall’s Exhibition Histories series focuses on ‘Culture in Action’, an exhibition with a new social agenda that challenged conventional understandings of public art. It had a new social agenda, and reworked what an exhibition of contemporary art might be. Through eight projects by artists, initiated in the early 1990s and developed in collaboration with local people, the intention was to engage diverse groups over time, in addition to the visiting public in 1993. In this book the course of these projects is illustrated and described, with critical reappraisal of this important exhibition in newly commissioned essays and interviews. In the core text, Joshua Decter reflects on how we might evaluate this controversial curatorial project now. Critical responses and reviews from the time reflect the contemporaneous reception, and a new essay by Helmut Draxler elaborates on the expanded context for art‑making and display in those years, bringing European perspectives to bear. The introduction by David Morris and Paul O’Neill frames the whole, which further includes contemporary responses from the curator and three of the participating artists. The book also includes reviews from the time by Hafþór Yngvason and Joe Scanlan, a statement by Mary Jane Jacob, interviews with artists Mark Dion and Simon Grennan of Grennan & Sperandio and artist Daniel J. Martinez in conversation with Michael Brenson.
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Interview, Art history and art criticism, History of exhibitions, Public art, Socially engaged art
Scanlan Joe (Article author), Dion Mark (Article author), Smith Stephanie (Article author), Yngvason Hafþór (Article author), Grennan Simon (Article author), Steeds Lucy (Article author), Martinez Daniel Joseph (Article author), Brenson Michael (Article author), Jacob Mary Jane (Article author), Morris David (Article author), O'Neill Paul (Article author)
Dion Mark, Ericson Kate, Ziegler Mel, Grennan & Sperandio, Haha, Lacy Suzanne, Martinez Daniel Joseph, Manglano‑Ovalle Iñigo
London
2014
224 pages
9783863354480
Available on request
Yes
Yes
707.41 Dec
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