CONVERSATIONS ON CURATING COMMERCIAL GALLERIES – LONDON ASPECT STATEMENT
CCCG – Conversations on Curating Commercial Galleries is a critical investigation into London’s contemporary art scene – the idea is quintessentially based on the ideation of London-based collective Fax-Bak Service and their critique of London’s gallery scene in the 1990s. As a collective Fax-Bak annotated gallery press releases that they collected locally in the city…
CONVERSATIONS ON CURATING COMMERCIAL GALLERIES
First Episode – Introduction to the project A graduate project composed as part of BA (Hons) Culture Criticism and Curation at Central Saint Martins by Antonia Scharr. This podcast show could be commissioned by commercial galleries around London, UK. The focus of each episode would be on one singular exhibition. The pursuit behind each episode…
CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL THEORIES
EPISTEMOLOGIES – AN ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE HETERO-PATRIARCHIAL ANCIENT REGIME THE PERSPECTIVE OF FEMINIST AND TRANSPHILOSOPHERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY KEYWORDS: PHILOSOPHY, EPISTEMOLOGY, FEMINISM, SITUATED KNOWLEDGES, TRANS-THEORY, COLLECTIVITY, CLIMATE CHANGE ”Paradoxically, in pragmatic terms, becoming the speaker of a language means that one progressively stops hearing the history that vibrates in it, so that one can utter…
The London Project Proposal C-C-C-G Conversations on Curating Commercial Galleries
An in dept investigative look into commercial gallery spaces in London, through a podcast discussion with people working in and around galleries. Links to downloads: Link 1: Introduction: Link 2: Episode 1 Conversation with Gabriela Giroletti & Hedvig Listøl: DESCRIPTION PROJECT A podcast that could be commissioned by commercial galleries around London. The focus each…
Kitchen Sink Realism: The Next Round
14 April—15 June 2023 An exhibition that explores the social context of the Pub in relation to British working-class culture through the lens of Kitchen Sink Realism Our Website Archive:https://www.thenextround.uk/#:~:text=The%20Next%20Round%20explores%20the,surrounding%20British%20working%2Dclass%20culture. Press Release here The Next Round explores the social context of the pub and ideas surrounding British working-class culture. This exhibition delves into themes of…
Relating to Privileged, Existential Dread in Joachim Trier’s Film The Worst Person in the World(2022)
Abstract The Worst Person in the World, is a Norwegian film, that renders the questions of life fulfilment, love, identity crisis and grief. In this paper, I seek to examine the reception of the film, as it has gotten praise for its relatibility and accurateness of the human experience. I will merge these feelings into…
Creating possible Tomorrow’s Soheila Sokhanvari at the Barbican’ Curve Gallery
IntroductionThe room is wrapped in dark hues of green; associations of a dark seductive, psychedelic, smoke-choked nightclubs of the 60s; of free spirits and sensual dancing come to mind. Syrupy, string-drenched Iranian pop classics by Iranian singer Googoosh flow through the Barbican curve, the walls are covered in Islamic geometric patterns while the reflections of…
Question: How pivotal was either Black cultural production and or political activism to the formation of western modernity during the nineteenth century? This question should reference a case study that explored Black cultural production and/or political activism that were thought on Unit 2
The term ‘Eurocentrism’ expresses a world-view, which assumes European history and values as “normal” and superior to others, by that helping to produce and justify Europe’s dominant position within the world system. At the centre of Eurocentrism lies a binary way of thinking of white, progressive, civilised and modern European identity and juxtaposes it with…
How I felt about art 1 year ago..
My first uni applications: There has always been this great excitement about art when I firstly stare at a piece, first glances, taking steps forward, inspecting it from all angles and taking great excitement into looking into every tiny detail. There are different ways it makes you feel might it be an antic sculpture from…
Review: What happens when a Romance film only consists of women?
2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire by French director Céline Sciamma is dramatic, romantic and all about female empowerment: a statement-cinema that feels like a glimmer of light in the male-dominated film industry. The story is told by a woman, filmed by a woman and acted by women. For once, men are entirely erased…
Review – A discussion about gender in modern expressionism
Max Beckmann at the Hamburger Kunsthalle For a long time, Max Beckmann was the example par excellence for the manliest of painters, often called “the man with the black linings” representing the confidence and certainty with which he created his expressionist paintings. The Hamburger Kunsthalle’s virtual exhibition called ‘Max Beckmann weiblich – männlich’ (‘feminine -…
A closer look – at one of the most famous Colonial Objects in the British Museum
Identify ONE object linked to colonialism (looted or acquired between 1770 and 1920) from ONE of the collections of the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, or the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. Providing a brief visual and historical analysis, discuss whether the object should be returned to its…
The role of the museum
A 300-500 word piece of writing in which you make your own arguments for what the role of museums should be in the present day, with reference to a specific or online display you have visited this term. Museums have become the underrated medium for cultural offers even though they create the most beneficial space…
Urine and Serano
During this seminar we discussed a selection of images that have been subject to differing, even directly contradictory interpretations when used in different contexts. Choose an image or artwork that has been interpreted in different ways by two different commentators. Summarise the perspective each one takes, explaining how this perspective is informed by their existing…
Antonia Scharr 