Structured like a Hollywood trailer with rhythmic editing and multiple effects, Shahar Marcus\u2019s video depicts a curator\u2019s \u201crise to power\u201d with a measure of grotesqueness, sketching a map of the art world where the curator reigns supreme. Mapping external signs and cultural codes, Marcus traces the curator\u2019s activity and multiple functions, while he ponders over the skills required for the coveted position, and analyzes the mechanism of self-glorification. \u2018The Curator\u2019 also criticizes the superficiality and presumption in the art world, the \u201cceleb\u201d culture which crowns objects of admiration and imitation, and the yearning of patrons\u2014powerful tycoons\u2014to establish their high status by means of artists and their artworks. The film offers a \u201cbehind-the-scenes\u201d peek into this impulse-ridden world, often perceived as a detached, elitist bubble, thereby shedding light on one of many aspects in contemporary culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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