{"product_id":"beautiful-madness-art-writing-as-art-curation","title":"Mark Kremer: Beautiful Madness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eValiz, 2025, softcover, 320 pages, \u003cspan\u003e16.5 x 22.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThirty years of reflections on the intertwined disciplines of art curating and art writing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExhibition curating and art writing are closely related disciplines. Both practices construct a meaningful, public narrative regarding artifacts and artists. Most curators and writers accomplish this by tapping into the artist, their work and their world. Mark Kremer has been writing, curating, teaching and interacting with artists for decades. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeautiful Madness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an accumulation of his writings on contemporary art from 1993 to 2023. The book gathers pieces along lines of affinity, themes and attitudes, structured in five topics: \"Trace,\" \"Gesture,\" \"Rudiment,\" \"Polyphony\" and \"Fortitude.\" It mirrors his experiences with art curating, writing and thinking, and is of value to anybody who wants to sharpen their pen and\/or rethink what curating might mean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9781584351115 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-also-in-series\"\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"#alsoinseries\" id=\"alsoinseries\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot series-also-in 9781584351115 isbn-related show\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-series-also-in\" id=\"in-series\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55826527224192,"sku":null,"price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/61VvLJQzqdL._SY522_44184d87-7b0e-44f2-9695-00ea683b9e63.jpg?v=1791214900","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/beautiful-madness-art-writing-as-art-curation","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}