CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Szanyi, Ágnes |
|---|---|
| Title | BOUNDARY FORMATION IN CONTEMPORARY ART CURATING IN HUNGARY |
| Summary | This thesis maps the Hungarian contemporary art field focusing on curators, and the symbolic boundaries they create and maintain within the field. Its aim is to identify the boundaries formed by curators, to investigate their practices to maintain them, and to determine what impact these boundaries have on the isolation of the contemporary art field within the society. Interviews with curators and observations within the art field are used as methodological tools to answer these questions. The thesis identifies three types of symbolic boundaries that are maintained by curators. By selection of artworks according to certain criteria, curators can maintain a narrow realm of contemporary art. By neglecting mediation and by legitimization of contemporary art by referring to “culture” they maintain an autonomous field within the society, and by competing for certain competencies, they create more flexible professional or disciplinary boundaries as well. |
| Supervisor | Fabiani, Jean-Louis |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/szanyi_agnes.pdf |
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