Once considered a mere caretaker for collections the curator is now widely viewed as a globally connected auteur. Over the last twenty-five years as international group exhibitions & biennials have become the dominant mode of presenting contemporary art to the public curatorship has begun to be perceived as a constellation of creative activities not unlike artistic praxis. The curator has gone from being a behind-the-scenes organizer & selector to a visible centrally important cultural producer. In The Culture of Curating & the Curating of Culture (s) Paul ONeill examines the emergence of independent curatorship & the discourse that helped to establish it. ONeill describes how by the 1980s curated group exhibitions--large-scale temporary projects with artworks cast as illustrative fragments--came to be understood as the creative work of curator-auteurs. The proliferation of new biennials & other large international exhibitions in the 1990s created a cohort of high-profile globally mobile curators moving from Venice to Paris to Kassel. In the 1990s curatorial & artistic practice converged blurring the distinction between artist & curator. ONeill argues that this change in the understanding of curatorship was shaped by a curator-centered discourse that effectively advocated--and authorized--the new independent curatorial practice. Drawing on the extensive curatorial literature & his own interviews with leading curators critics art historians & artists ONeill traces the development of the curator-as-artist model & the ways it has been contested. The Culture of Curating & the Curating of Culture (s) documents the many ways in which our perception of art has been transformed by curating & the discourses surrounding it. ...

Praise for the first edition: Julier provides an important contemporary account of how design disciplines act & interact in the world!. an important resource for the student of design! perfection as a cultural studies text
- European Journal of Cultural Studies Aimed at students of design studies design history cultural studies & sociology The Culture of Design offers a unique overview of design practice in contemporary culture & society. Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives Julier nevertheless foregrounds the everyday business & professional context in which designers work. The second edition of The Culture of Design has been thoroughly revised & updated & contains new case studies including one on the iPod. In addition the book now has a new introductory chapter that outlines academic approaches to design culture & an extended final chapter which looks at the links between design & management studies & how the creative industries function in the context of urban regeneration & social participation.
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A young Australian working girl from London struggles to adapt to diplomatic life among the royal courtiers of Swaziland in post-independence Zimbabwe & in Angola amid the gunfire of the civil war. She accompanies her husband the striding KJ on his African postings together with two English bull terriers & a large redoubtable African tabby cat. As each country unfolds its challenges & discoveries she shares her delight her wry humour & keen sense of the ridiculous. In a darker mood we follow KJ in Somalia during the famine & in Rwanda after the genocide. The book will appeal to travellers; to those who have worked overseas & coped with culture shock. The writer a psychologist delves into history & sociology revels in the bizarre &

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The revolutionary study of how the place where wegrew up shapes the way we think feel & act--with new

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In August 1745 Charles Edward Stuart the Young Pretender landed in Scotland & sparked the Second Jacobite Rising. The Jacobite forces seized Perth then Edinburgh where they proclaimed the Young Pretenders father King James VIII; they trounced their Hanoverian opponents at Prestonpans & crossed into England getting as far south as Derby before withdrawing into Scotl&. Far from universally popular north of the border the Jacobite army bested another Hanoverian army at Falkirk & besieged Stirling only to be routed by the duke of Cumberlands army at Culloden in April 1746 a crushing defeat that ended any prospect of a Stuart restoration. Featuring full-colour artwork depicting the distinctive uniforms of Cumberlands men this exhaustively researched study offers a wealth of detail of regimental strengths & casualties &

Includes:: an extended chronology that places individual units in specific places throughout the campaign that culminated at Culloden.

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Its been fourteen years since Jinxs mother was brutally stabbed to death in their home in East London. Fourteen years for Jinx to become accustomed to the huge weight of guilt & anger that has destroyed her life. Fourteen years to nurture an impossible shame. Out of nowhere Lemon arrives on her doorstep. An old friend of her mothers he wants to revisit the events leading to that terrible night & Jinx sees the opportunity to confess finally her hand in the violence. But Lemon has his own secrets to share & over the course of one weekend they strip away the layers of the past to lay bare a story full of jealousy & tragic betrayal. Narrated with a distinct & fiery spice Jinx & Lemon must find their own paths to redemption in this stunning debut novel. ...

Paul Mason's father was a policeman. He was also a member of a sadistic paedophile ring. He would keep Paul locked up & naked in a tiny cupboard under the stairs of their home before sexually abusing him. This cycle of abuse continued for several years & also affected his brother. The cupboard became a horrific prison where fear & terror filled his every moment. The Cupboard Under the Stairs is a story of abuse at the mercy of adults whom Paul should have been able to trust. There followed a life almost destroyed by their actions. It is the harrowing story of one man's fight for justice & an end to the horrific memories that still haunt him daily. ...

This CD Storage box is printed with tasty cupcakes & polka dots with a classic silver label holder on the front. Handy for storage of CDs or anything else you might want to keep safe secure & organized. Approximate dimensions: H 145 x W 140 x D 280mm ...

Soon Kylie & other misfits are baking up a storm. When the club is commissioned for Meredith's birthday Kylie gets a chance to take sweet revenge. This is the first book in the Truth Love & Cupcakes series & each book will feature yummy original cupcake recipes from the story. This fabulous new friendship series is slated to be a sweet success! ...

This cute colouring book is sure to tempt anyone with a sweet tooth. Beautifully illustrated by Buster favourite Ann Kronheimer kids of all ages will love to colour the pages packed with sweet treats. From classic cupcakes chocolates & cookies to the latest baking trends such as whoopie pies & cake pops there are hundreds of delicious delicacies to colour & complete. ...