CURATORS [raising
humans]
September 24 –
October 10
2010
Opening: Friday, September 24, 2010 at 7.00
PM
BUZZER
30
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ARTISTS: Amy Bay, Elizabeth Cohen,
Erika deVries, Lalie Douglas, E. Ashley Fox, Masha Godovannaya, John
Lamacchia, Shelly Low, Maja Malbon, Caitlin Masley, Alison Mercer, Joomee Paik,
Kristen Palazzo,
Zhenya Plechkina and Misha Sklar / VYDAVY
SINDIKAT Maja Rakočević - Cvijanov, Maja Radešić, Elena Skoko / BLUEBIRD AND SKOKO, Ivan Stojaković, and Dina
Weiss.
CURATED BY: Olja
Stipanović
https://sites.google.com/site/curatorsraisinghumans/
Curator -
Main Entry: cu·ra·tor
Function: noun
Etymology: (from Latin cura, care), cura -ae f. [care];
(1) [care taken, carefulness, pains, attention, minding of things or persons];
of business, [management, administration]; [an object of care, or a guardian,
caretaker]. (2) [care felt, anxiety, worry,
disquiet].
: one who has the care and superintendence of something; especially : one
in charge of a museum, zoo, or other place of exhibit: Law. a guardian of a
minor, disabled, or similar, esp. with regard to his or her
property.
CURATORS [raising
humans] is a group show featuring artists connected by a particular
understanding of time and space. They are all curators. In the original Latin
sense of the word - they are the curators of aches and pains, meals and
playtimes, first steps and first words. They cure disappointment, scrapped
knees, and all kinds of hunger. They are the caretakers of educational and
developmental objects. They choose the right shoes and what is good for spine
development, the amount of color, light, and
music.
To put it bluntly
– these artists are parents.
2 years ago, my son
was born. He took over my body, my thoughts, and my life. As we gradually and
difficulty started to unravel and take on our new [separate?] lives as Mother
and Child, I began to realize that I too, am now a curator ….or I need to be
it more diligently. Take care of a non-working thyroid, find niches and time
slots for what I want to do and what I dream about doing, rearrange living space
to have a room [a hallway with a desk] of my
own.
CURATORS came about
at the most complicated time for me. It happened out of need to find new
references and out of great happiness upon discovering a whole new world of
artist who enjoy and cherish what they do in the most zealous way. The
installations, drawings, paintings, embroideries, photographs, performances,
texts, screenings and objects I included in this exhibition are all “nap time
productions”, works that came into being as these artists were becoming
parents. Most of these works were realized [or are yet to be] in a time crunch,
on a kitchen desk, while not alone, in between laundry drop off and a daycare
pick up. They speak of frustrations, self-doubt, confrontations with prejudices,
and questions about the necessity and feasibility of making art. Through the
works in this show, you can detect a peculiar sardonic thread, an obvious
fascination with all sorts of refuse, and a time anxiety similar to the one
found with a certain White Rabbit. Because these artists consciously set
the highest of parentally expectations without even blinking,
[that of raising socially responsible and at the same time happy human beings],
you will also uncover a passionate and wild love we have for both family and
work – the kind that is rooted in a profound and altruistic sense of humanity.
Buzzer Thirty
Art Space promotes experimentation, revision, demystification, growth,
enthusiasm and concern. It organizes, and hosts art exhibitions, readings,
teacher-education seminars, lectures, film talks, and writing, art and media
classes with the support and guidance of local educators, artists, and
theorists.