Traction : an applied and polemical attempt to locate contemporary art /
Traction argues that contemporary art is defined by a moral economy of indeterminacy that allows curators and artists to imagine themselves on the other side of power. This self-positioning, in turn, leaves us politically bankrupt, intellectually stagnant and aesthetically predictable. In his memoir...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
Sternberg Press,
[2016]
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| Summary: | Traction argues that contemporary art is defined by a moral economy of indeterminacy that allows curators and artists to imagine themselves on the other side of power. This self-positioning, in turn, leaves us politically bankrupt, intellectually stagnant and aesthetically predictable. In his memoir-polemic, curator and writer Tirdad Zolghadr candidly reflects on his own experiences and the work of others. He also drafts possibilities for a logic and a support structure that can offer some purchase of their own, beyond the gravitational pull of business as usual. Ultimately, Traction calls for a renewed sense of profession, somewhere within the corridors of power where, for better or worse, contemporary art has long arrived. |
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| Physical Description: | 263 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783956792038 3956792033 |