THE SALON MODEL: THE CONVERSATIONAL COMPLEX
The second half of the 1990s witnessed a conversational turn in curating. Ranging from small discussion circles to blockbuster- like marathons, conversations abounded in museums, art galleries and exhibitions. The very same period witnessed an increasing number of publications dedicated to museum studies, including the history and theory of curating. Whereas the questions raised by museum scholarship were very much concerned with exhibitions, the same cannot be said about conversations. That conversations are neglected subjects in museum histories betrays a long history of the feminisation of conversation as an intellectual, artistic and political practice, whose signifi cance my essay attempts to understand and restore while keeping in mind the gendered and other politics that pervade contemporary curatorial practice.
Elke Krasny: ‘The Salon Model: The Conversational Complex’ in: Feminism and Art History Now. Radical Critiques of Theory and Practice, edited by Victoria Horne and Lara Perry, I.B. Tauris 2017, p.147-163
‘This exciting book… is bound to expand the field of feminist art history, curatorial and museum studies in significant and lasting ways, and to generate extensive debate and further scholarship.’ — Helena Reckitt, Senior Lecturer in Curating, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Release date: 26 Jun 2017
Hardback: 288 pages
Publisher: I.B. Tourist
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1784533250
ISBN-10: 1784533254
Product Dimensions: 216 x 138
