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<nettime> Documenta 13 in Critical Review


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According to Michael Baldwin of Art & Language, Documenta 13 was striking for âspeaking very loudly of curatorial power,â 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 â so many attempts to âresistâ 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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