After the Creative Act

After the Creative Act

5 March – 14 April 2024

 

It is clear 21st century curatorial practices have moved very far from their original role and framework. It should not be a surprise, considering the possibility of the role of the spectator is also considerably different to what it was at the beginning of the 20th century. Curators take on active roles in determining the work of art and actively participate in the artistic and historical process.
The incredulity of St Thomas is ‘produced’ a priori and as such it has a ‘growing’ quality. The means for this are curatorial practices or historian practices thanks to the artist making the glass a sort of open-source signifier and value holder.

It does not, however, hold any other prerequisites. The question and artistic intention, here, are precisely the richness of possibilities which the work of art can acquire throughout its ‘historical’ life. […] It is not subjected to the usual process of individual creation or the division of labour. The creative act is taken over by the spectator, curator, critic or historian. The artist follows and constantly re-completes the conceptual value of the work and is an active participant in the ‘after the creative act’ process. The re-completion takes a form of new works of art or installation elements which are always accompanied by a note of artistic self-revaluation.