The unproductive image: around the post-ethnographic condition of contemporary art

Authors

  • Joaquín Barriendos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2179-8001.141698

Keywords:

Post-ethnography, Global curatorship, Colonial gaze, Contemporary Art, Decoloniality

Abstract

This article analyzes what we call the ‘post-ethnographic’ condition of visuality. The point of departure of this study is the umproductive status of contemporary art’s ethnographic gaze, once the discourse of decoloniality has been established as the
ethical foundation of global curatorship. To address these issues, the article revisits “The Artist as Ethnographer” by Hal Foster, tracing the implications this text had and still has today on curatorial practices. Based on Foster’s reflections, the article argues
that the ethnographic gaze of contemporary art has reached its limits today, becoming into an exhausted dispositive exhausted, incapable of representing otherness.

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Published

2024-08-01

How to Cite

Barriendos, J. (2024). The unproductive image: around the post-ethnographic condition of contemporary art. PORTO ARTE: Revista De Artes Visuais, 28(49). https://doi.org/10.22456/2179-8001.141698

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DOSSIÊ: Exercícios do Político na Imagem Contemporânea

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