<nettime> Documenta 13 in Critical Review

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Return to Documenta 13

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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