I am a Curator

I am a Curator was a process-based exhibition project by artist Per Hüttner that took place at Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK, 5 November – 14 December 2003.[1] During the period individual or groups of people with no experience of exhibition making created 36 exhibitions and briefly got to experience the process putting together a contemporary art show.[2] They had artwork by 57 artists to interact with. The project stirred a lot of controversy in the art world at the time. The most common critique was that the project suggested that curation and exhibition making is easy[3] Hüttner responded to this by writing: "the goal of the project was to inspire a more diverse and profound discussion about the meaning of artworks, exhibitions and the role of the artist."[4] Over the years, the project has gained recognition and has been hailed as being ahead of its time and has been widely appreciated for its visionary qualities[5] in readers on curation and research on the subject of art and exhibition making.[6]

  1. ^ Anderson, Hephzibah (31 October 2003). "Art: opening this week". London Evening Standard.
  2. ^ Living as Form, p.134-35, ed. Nato Thompson, Creative Time Books, New York, 2012, ISBN 9780262017343
  3. ^ O'Neill, Paul, Art Monthly; Apr2004, Issue 275, p7-10, 4p, 4 black & white photographs.
  4. ^ Hüttner, Per (2005). "Introdictionary". I am a Curator. Stockholm: Föreningen Curatorial Mutiny. ISBN 91-631-5132-4. Archived from the original (DOC) on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
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  6. ^ "Tundro, znaczy wolnosc" Marta Eloy Cichocka, Biuletyn 09/2006 (58), p.48-50, Poland