![]() ![]() Balzar argues that "curationism," as a generative act, now occurs on all levels from the endorsements of Madonna, whom people may heed as a bellwether, to how they decide to represent themselves on Facebook. ![]() ![]() Not only the art world but consumer culture on the whole is not only based on selection and presentation, but is dependent upon this fundamental need for categorization and meaning making. The inheritance of this tradition remains in a diffuse sense through institutions and individuals. This led to the rise of many star curates such as Hans Ulrich Obrist functioning as bricoleurs whose assemblages not only provided orientation but legitimacy. Considered primarily in the context of the art world, Balzer focuses on the modern period, which sees the curate as transformed from the impresario and arbiter of taste of the early 19th century to the imprimatur and interpreter needed to "parse" the conceptual art of the '60s. Curation is an ever-evolving field that Balzer unpacks under the twin rubric of value and work. ![]()
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