Publication: Comradeship Comradeship: Curating, Art, and Politics in Post-Socialist Europe is a collection of essays by Zdenka Badovinac, a forward-thinking Slovenian curator, museum director, and scholar. It captures her influential voice in international conversations rethinking the geopolitics of art after the fall of communism. A ferocious critic of unequal negotiations between East and West, and a historian of the avant-garde art that emerged in socialist and post-socialist countries in the last century, she has been an advocate for radical institutional forms. Comradeship: Curating, Art, and Politics in Post-Socialist Europe by Zdenka Badovinac Edited by J. Myers-Szupinska Foreword by Kate Fowle Published by ICI, distributed by D.A.P. $19.95
“Whip smart, politically astute, curatorially inventive: Zdenka Badovinac is nothing less than the most progressive and intellectually rigorous female museum director in Europe. This anthology includes key essays accompanying her series of brilliant exhibitions in Ljubljana, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the differences between former east and former west. For anyone seeking curatorial alternatives to the neoliberal museum model of relentless expansion and dumbed-down blockbusters, Badovinac is a galvanizing inspiration.” —Claire Bishop, art historian and critic
Comradeship is the third book in the Perspectives in Curating series, which offers timely reflections by curators, artists, critics, and art historians on emergent debates in curatorial practice around the world. Previous titles in the series include: Thinking Contemporary Curating (2012) and Talking Contemporary Curating (2015) by Terry Smith. ICI publications are made possible in part by the generous support of the Evelyn Toll Family Foundation, and contributions from ICI’s Board of Trustees, Leadership Council, and International Forum. Additional funding for Comradeship was made available by the Trust for Mutual Understanding. Visit our website to order Comradeship and for a complete list of publications.
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