A distinction between (curated) exhibitions and (artistic) installation art is still common, but it is essentially obsolete, writes Claire bishop. The histories of installation art and curating are of course intertwined, she argues. To separate these roles I will take three steps: the institutional endorsement of installation art; the emergence of the independent curator.
A distinction between (curated) exhibitions and (artistic) installation art is still common, but it is essentially obsolete, writes Claire bishop. The histories of installation art and curat…