Gallery as community: art, education, politics : curators, directors and programmers from UK galleries make public the current debates within institutions on community, art and education / edited by Marijke Steedman ; introduction by Grant Kester

Contributor(s):

Steedman, Marijke [ed.]

Publication details: London : Whitechapel Gallery, 2012Edition: 1rst edDescription: 248 pISBN:

9780854881956

Summary: This publication documents a series of conversations held at the Whitechapel Gallery in March 2011 between curators, directors and programmers working in UK galleries. The publication sets out to discuss a particular vein of curatorial activity initiated by galleries, much contested, and articulated differently across institutions. It is characterised by activity beyond the site of the gallery, an interest in context and situation and a tendency to problematise notions of community. The publication aims to make explicit the inherent tensions at play in this field and to map some of the projects, artists and institutions influencing thought in this area. The book features a foreword by Marijke Steedman, Curator: Community Programmes at the Whitechapel Gallery, an introduction by Grant Kester, Chair of the Visual Arts department, Professor of Art History, and Director of the University Art Gallery at the University of California, San Diego, a series of ten themed conversations and a detailed, illustrated section charting significant projects undertaken by the artists and curators included in the book. Contributors include: Greygory Vass, Camden Arts Centre, Kate Gray, Collective Gallery, Sarah Mossop, Modern Art Oxford, Janna Graham, Serpentine Gallery, Emily Pethick, The Showroom, Emma Smith, The Showroom, Frances Williams, South London Gallery, Martha Crean, Spacex, Marie-Anne McQuay, Spike Island, Marijke Steedman, Whitechapel Gallery and Lotte Juul Petersen, Wysing Arts Centre. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Sala	General	S 00901	1	Available		1900166421

Introduction -- 1. What does community mean? -- 2. Ideas that shaped the terrain -- 3. A survey of curatorial practices in galleries -- 4. Pedagogical curating -- 5. Why do galleries work beyond the site of the institution? -- 6. The economic and political landscape -- 7. Our motivations -- 8. How do galleries work with artists? -- 9. The philanthropic mission -- 10. Inherent tensions

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