[artinfo] curator

[St. Auby Tamas]

(...)
Another important aspect of Barrio’s work is the radical way he puts 
the art institution into perspective. He considers the curator – in 
contrast to what is still accepted practice – as superfluous to the 
idea of the work of art and the exhibition. In his view the curator is 
forced back into the role of a purely logistical coordinator.
(...)


  S.M.A.K.
  Museum of Contemporary Art

Joseph Beuys, 'Wirtschaftswerte', 1980. Collection S.M.A.K.
  Artur Barrio, 'Interminável', 2005
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  Barrio-Beuys
  2 July – 11 September 2005

  S.M.A.K.
  Museum of Contemporary Art

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