Curating and the Legacies of Colonialism in Contemporary Iberia, 1st Edition

Combining postcolonial studies, curating and contemporary art, this book surveys the role played by artistic curatorship and contemporary art museums in the shaping of identities and cultural planning in contemporary Iberia. The book’s main hypothesis is that contemporary art has been pivotal in the construction of contemporary Iberia, a process marked by the attention paid (in heterogeneous, not always satisfactory ways) to the entanglement of the legacies of colonialism and the present-day status of Iberian territories as cosmopolitan societies now integrated in the European Union. It is argued that, at least from the 1990s, curating emerged as a key activity for Iberian societies to display and configure an image of themselves as modern and fully integrated in the European cultural landscape. Such an image, however, had to cope with the legacies of colonialism and the profound socioeconomic transformations of these societies. This book is concerned with bringing together, while redefining and expanding, Iberian and curatorial studies.\nCurating and the Legacies of Colonialism in Contemporary Iberia 1st Edition is written by Carlos Garrido Castellano and Bruno Leitão and published by University of Wales Press. ISBNs for Curating and the Legacies of Colonialism in Contemporary Iberia are 9781786838759, 1786838753 and the print ISBNs are 9781786838742, 1786838745. Additional ISBNs include 9781786838735.