Description
Book SynopsisThis anthology, Storytellers of Art Histories, gives voice to those who are reshaping art histories: not only art historians and curators, but also archivists and artists.
There is a special focus on gender, race (including Whiteness), class, sexuality and transnationality – all of which are often marginalized in dominant art histories. Each of the contributors in this book has provided short, often very personal, contributions describing how they began to become passionate about their practice. A particular feature of the collection is that there are twice as many contributions by women than by men.
The contributors respond in a multitude of surprising ways, appealing equally to people enmeshed in the field through their work and to those simply interested in the field. The stories you will read take various forms – a letter written to a friend, a revisioned grant application, the pastiche of image and text, children’s fables, interviews, co-authored narrative, memoir, manifesto, apology. A number of the essays perform, through a combination of recollected early memory alongside scholarly research, the roots of the theories they explore through publishing, curating and archival work.
Many of the contributors embody overlapping cultural diasporas that suggest the porousness of borders, challenging the field to understand itself as a product of regional art histories. Collecting this range of narratives born from different workplaces and disciplines speaks to our belief in the potential boundlessness of the art histories that shape the stories we consume.
Storytellers of Art Histories brings together the first-person narratives of an international group of art historians, curators, artists and archivists. This much-needed book book fills a significant gap in the literature, showing how these practitioners’ works come together productively in the teaching and writing of art history. The anthology also illuminates the relationship between curatorial studies and art history.
Primary readership will include artists, art historians, archivists, curators and educators. It will be a useful resource for educators and students connected with undergraduate courses in art history, contemporary art history and curatorial and museum studies.
Table of ContentsPREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: THE STORY BEHIND STORYTELLERS
Alpesh Kantilal Patel and Yasmeen Siddiqui
ESSAYS
Nana Adusei-Poku
Michelle Antoinette
Regine Basha
Abby Chen
Delinda Collier
Parul Dave-Mukherji
Jane Chin Davidson
Allan deSouza
Claire Farago and Donald Preziosi
Josh T Franco
Chitra Ganesh
David J. Getsy
RoseLee Goldberg
Amy Hamlin
Beáta Hock
Claire Hsu
Alice Ming Wai Jim
Amelia Jones
Ying Kwok
Miranda Lash
Việt Lê and Waseem Kazzah
Paweł Leszkowicz
Lucy R. Lippard
Margo Machida
Amalia Mesa-Bains
Marsha Meskimmon
Combiz Moussavi-Aghdam
Derek Conrad Murray
Samuel Peck
Raqs Media Collective
Shahzia Sikander
Lowery Stokes Sims
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Przemysław Strożek
Gloria Sutton
