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Ways of Curating Hardcover – International Edition, April 29, 2014

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Drawing on his own experiences and inspirations - from staging his first exhibition in his tiny Zurich kitchen in 1986 to encounters and conversations with artists, exhibition makers and thinkers alive and dead - Hans Ulrich Obrist's Ways of Curating looks to inspire all those engaged in the creation of culture. Moving from meetings with the artists who have inspired him (including Gerhard Richter and Gilbert and George) to the creation of the first public museums in the 18th century, recounting the practice of inspirational figures such as Diaghilev and Walter Hopps, skipping between exhibitions (his own and others), continents and centuries, Ways of Curating argues that curation is far from a static practice. Driven by curiosity, at its best it allows us to create the future.

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Hans Ulrich Obrist is a curator and writer. Since 2006 he has been co-director of the Serpentine Gallery, London. He is the author of Ways of Curating and, with Ai Weiwei, of Ai Weiwei Speaks.

Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Allen Lane (April 29, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1846144019
ISBN-13: 978-1846144011
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.8 x 8.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
Average Customer Review: 11 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,244,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #16694 in Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions
- #3159 in Arts & Photography Study & Teaching
- #519628 in Reference (Books)

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Geneva E.

This is not a boring how-to book

April 26, 2018

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By the reviews that accused him of name-dropping, I was expecting a self-important, art world snob. I was pleasantly surprised. His gentle and curious openness is exposed as he wanders through his life experiences that have inspired and changed him. He asks thoughtful questions and completely avoids “art-speak”. It was fascinating to see his approach to curating: to give an artist the opportunity “to make the impossible, possible”, rather than the usual thematic or chronological curating constructs. The book is about his Ways of Curating. They are adventures always inspired with/by a creative person that brings something new. This is not a boring how-to book ;) It’s an inspiring way to look at curating in a different way. Fun read too!

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Bernard . Pucker

New ways of thinking!!!

July 6, 2019

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A thoughtful and personal tour through his intense and exciting journey which helps re define what art is for our day. As the artists are included in the conversation the terms of the game continue to change. The digital era has allowed for disruption and re thinking. It is not clear that traditional formats eg Galleries and Museums as we know them will endure. Hang on for a wild ride. Worth reading and thinking through.

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M. A. Blizard

revealiong a sense of careful observation

July 3, 2018

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An insightful essay on seeing art… on understanding the curator's task of illumination and guidance in the process of seeing and "reading"art.

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jacqueline barnett

I enjoyed this beginning of this book which gave me enough ...

December 13, 2016

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I enjoyed this beginning of this book which gave me enough knowledge to curate a show on my own. Since losing the book on the bus I will buy it again. Very imformative!

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vallo Riberto

Five Stars

January 25, 2017

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Excellent first person experiences on the various ways to approach mounting an art exhibition. Creative and informative.

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PaulTaylor

Really interesting, I have never highlighted a book with ...

December 24, 2014

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Really interesting, I have never highlighted a book with such gusto.
Full of ideas to open Art into a wider arena than just the walls !

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Charles

How Art got were it is - Highly recommended.

August 17, 2015

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an excellent overview of how Art and the presentation of art has evolved and influenced Obrist's approach to curating. Highly recommended.

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Igor Nitski

and what seemed like self-aggrandizement. "I met him

December 9, 2014

Format: Hardcover

The first two or three chapters of WAYS OF CURATING were very engaging, and quite promising. Then the book descended into a fog of buzzwords, cliches, and what seemed like self-aggrandizement. "I met him. I talked with her. He is one of my role models. I taught him this. I am making this grand synthesis." So much name dropping—but not very interesting names to those not in the German-centric art world. What comes through is a kind of strange ego-less egotism. Mr. Obrist seems a very earnest and energetic peripatetic curator, but perhaps way too caffeinated, and focusing too much on the surface of things. (Or, perhaps he just hasn't communicated his deeper thoughts and feelings? It's the "authentic" story that we readers crave.) Overall the book provides no profound insights whatsoever about the content of Mr. Obrist's collaborations. It is as if all that interests Mr. Obrist is scintillating sparkle.

Two additional points: (1) The book's dust jacket, though tactilely delightful, smell horrible. And the smell doesn't go away with time. I eventually threw the dust jacket away. (2) I purchased this book in a brick and mortar bookstore.

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