Combining postcolonial studies, curating and contemporary art, this book surveys the role played by artistic curatorship and contemporary art museums in the shaping of identities and cultural planning in contemporary Iberia. The book's main hypothesis is that contemporary art has been pivotal in the construction of contemporary Iberia, a process marked by the attention paid (in heterogeneous, not always satisfactory ways) to the entanglement of the legacies of colonialism and the present-day status of Iberian territories as cosmopolitan societies now integrated in the European Union. It is argued that, at least from the 1990s, curating emerged as a key activity for Iberian societies to display and configure an image of themselves as modern and fully integrated in the European cultural landscape. Such an image, however, had to cope with the legacies of colonialism and the profound socioeconomic transformations of these societies. This book is concerned with bringing together, while redefining and expanding, Iberian and curatorial studies.
| ISBN: | 9781786838735 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2022 |
| Author: | Carlos Garrido Castellano, Bruno Leitão |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Series: | Iberian and Latin American Studies |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics Colonialism and imperialism Theory of art Politics and government |
Combining postcolonial studies, curating and contemporary art, this book surveys the role played by artistic curatorship and contemporary art museums in the shaping of identities and cultural planning in contemporary Iberia. The book's main hypothesis is that contemporary art has been pivotal in the construction of contemporary Iberia, a process marked by the attention paid (in heterogeneous, not always satisfactory ways) to the entanglement of the legacies of colonialism and the present-day status of Iberian territories as cosmopolitan societies now integrated in the European Union. It is argued that, at least from the 1990s, curating emerged as a key activity for Iberian societies to display and configure an image of themselves as modern and fully integrated in the European cultural landscape. Such an image, however, had to cope with the legacies of colonialism and the profound socioeconomic transformations of these societies. This book is concerned with bringing together, while redefining and expanding, Iberian and curatorial studies.
Curating and the Legacies of Colonialism in Contemporary Iberia features in the following genres: The arts: general topics, Colonialism and imperialism, Theory of art, Politics and government
Curating and the Legacies of Colonialism in Contemporary Iberia is available in Hardback
Curating and the Legacies of Colonialism in Contemporary Iberia was written by Carlos Garrido Castellano, Bruno Leitão and published by University of Wales Press
Curating and the Legacies of Colonialism in Contemporary Iberia has 304 pages
Yes it is part of Iberian and Latin American Studies series
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