Return to Documenta 13
According to Michael Baldwin of Art & Language, Documenta 13 was
striking for “speaking very loudly of curatorial power,” with artists
and artworks seemingly deployed on many occasions to illustrate the
theses of Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. This essay seeks to turn the
tables, to some extent: Documenta 13 and its curation are themselves
used to illustrate observations and notions put forth by Jean-Claude
Moineau in his 2010 book, Retour du Futur. Documenta 13 as a stage for
many a return: modernism(s), the author, exhibited bodies, ethics – so
many attempts to “resist” the unwanted effects of globalization. The
inventory of problematic approaches spans thirty works, but also takes
note of some of the strong points of this latest Documenta.
http://targetautonopop.notart.eu/blog/documenta_13/
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