Università Roma Tre

The course intends to retrace the art from the Sixties to the present day through the analysis of some exhibitions that have marked crucial moments of renewal, both from the viewpoint of the elaboration of the exhibition formats, and with regard to the critical debate.
The first part of the course will be devoted to an in-depth examination of exhibitions held internationally between 1968 and the early 1970s, with the focus on the renewal of artistic practices (between process, performativity and dematerialization) and the role and methodologies of the critics (from the crisis of interpretation to the emergence of the figure of the curator, with the progressive affirmation of a new dimension of “exhibition writing”).
Subject of reflection will also be the reenactment of the exhibitions, i.e. the revival of historical exhibitions as a curatorial practice at the center of the current debate and curatorial practices.
The second part of the course will focus on the analysis of exhibitions reflecting the social, economic, political and ecological changes of the global era. It will analyze curatorial events and strategies, as well as their contribution in defining new artistic geographies and in decolonizing narratives, with a strong impact on the sociocultural imagery of the contemporary world - starting with "Le magiciens de la terre", to get to curatorial projects of the current artistic scene.

1) B. O’Doherty, Inside the White Cube. L’ideologia dello spazio espositivo, Johan & Levy, Milano 2000

2) R. Pinto, Nuove geografie artistiche. Le mostre al tempo della globalizzazione, Postmedia, Milano 2012

3) S. Zuliani, Esposizioni. Emergenze della critica d’arte contemporanea, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2012

Not attending
They will integrate with a text or more texts indicated in the bibliography. The texts must be agreed with the Professor.