Words Of Wisdom. A Curator's Vade Mecum On Contemporary Art

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Independent Curators Inc.
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: First Edition

Description: 176 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A modern update of the Medieval trade manuals--the come-along-with-me (vade mecum) of Medieval craftsmen--Words of Wisdom: A Curators Vade Mecum is an invaluable guidebook for anyone interested in contemporary art and the practice of curating. In over fifty short essays, this compendium offers advice to a new generation of curators from veterans of contemporary art exhibitions who, over the past 25 years, have played a crucial role in shaping what we see today, and how we see it. While providing an intimate look at the minds of these master curators, Words of Wisdom also establishes the curators craft as an important vocation that has changed tremendously over the past quarter-century. In the course of their musings, the curators offer behind-the-scenes insights into influential exhibitions and institutions and the contemporary art world they represent. Among the contributors are Jean-Christophe Amman, director of the Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany; Donna de Salvo, curator at the Tate Gallery, London; Richard Flood, chief curator at the Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; independent curator Hans Ulrich Obrist; and Marcia Tucker, founding director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.

ISBN: 9780916365608