Words of Wisdom

by Kuoni, Carin; Richards, Judith; Ammann, Jean-Christophe; Curiger, Bice

• ISBN13: 9780916365608
• ISBN10: 0916365603
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Independent Curators

Summary

A modern update of the Medieval trade manuals--the 'come-along-with-me' (vade mecum) of Medieval craftsmen--Words of Wisdom: A Curator's Vade Mecumis 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 Wisdomalso establishes the curator's 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword and Acknowledgments	7	(11)
Judith Olch Richards
Introduction	11	(8)
Carin Kuoni
Some Questions to Consider	19	(2)
Essays:
Jean-Christophe Ammann	21	(3)
Bart de Baere	24	(2)
Carlos Basualdo	26	(2)
Rene Block	28	(2)
Francesco Bonami	30	(3)
Saskia Bos	33	(3)
Sabine Breitwieser	36	(2)
Dan Cameron	38	(2)
Lynne Cooke	40	(1)
Maria de Corral	41	(2)
Bice Curiger	43	(3)
Donna De Salvo	46	(3)
Steve Dietz	49	(4)
David Elliott	53	(3)
Trevor Fairbrother	56	(3)
Jane Farver	59	(3)
Robert Fleck	62	(3)
Richard Flood	65	(2)
Dana Friis-Hansen	67	(3)
Gary Garrels	70	(2)
Thelma Golden	72	(3)
Hou Hanru	75	(3)
Yuko Hasegawa	78	(3)
Maria Hlavajova	81	(2)
Robert Hobbs	83	(3)
Mary Jane Jacob	86	(2)
Maaretta Jaukkuri	88	(3)
Milena Kalinovska	91	(2)
Vasif Kortun	93	(2)
Charlotta Kotik	95	(3)
Maria Lind	98	(4)
Lucy Lippard	102	(3)
Bartomeu Mari	105	(3)
Jean-Hubert Martin	108	(3)
Rosa Martinez	111	(2)
Justo Pastor Mellado	113	(2)
Andrea Miller-Keller	115	(2)
Viktor Misiano	117	(3)
France Morin	120	(3)
Gerardo Mosquera	123	(2)
Fumio Nanjo	125	(2)
Hans-Ulrich Obrist	127	(4)
Olu Oguibe	131	(3)
Apinan Poshyananda	134	(3)
Mari Carmen Ramirez	137	(3)
Lawrence Rinder	140	(2)
Mark Rosenthal	142	(2)
Irving Sandler	144	(2)
Jerome Sans	146	(2)
Ingrid Schaffner	148	(2)
Paul Schimmel	150	(3)
Jana Sevcikova and Jiri Sevcik	153	(3)
Seth Siegelaub	156	(3)
Susan Sollins	159	(3)
Nancy Spector	162	(2)
Robert Storr	164	(3)
Harald Szeemann	167	(3)
Marcia Tucker	170	(3)
Barbara Vanderlinden	173	(2)
Igor Zabel	175