Carte Blanche (Fuck the Dictator)
ed. by Flos Wildschut, Selen Ansen, Anne Wenzel ; with contr. by Selen Ansen, Anne de Haij, Anne Wenzel ; design by 75 B
- Author(s)
- Selen Ansen, Anne de Haij, Anne Wenzel
- Editor(s)
- Flos Wildschut, Selen Ansen, Anne Wenzel
- Publication
- Rotterdam ; Schiedam : nai010 ; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 2023
- Scope
- 136 Pages, illustrated, 29 cm.
- ISBN
- 9789462088269
In February 2019 Deirdre Carasso, director of the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, invited Anne Wenzel to enter a boxing ring in the museum, pitting the autonomy of art against the power of cultural institutions. Wenzel, who had never boxed before, accepted the challenge on the condition that if she won, the museum would give her carte blanche. Wenzel won and took over the museum with the aim of putting art centre stage. This book, which documents the carte blanche episode (Feb. 5 2019 – Jan. 14 2024), is both a manifesto for the autonomy of art and a reflection on the position of art and artists in the current institutionalized art world. Along with essays and visual documentation about the different aspects of the carte blanche episode, the book presents the body of work produced and presented by Wenzel at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (July 9 2023 - Jan. 14 2024).
- Person as subject
- Anne Wenzel
- Keywords
- various disciplines , institutional critique , ceramics
- Location
- Cabinet 8 - 5: Kunstenaars
- Remarks
- Includes notes ; Each book cover has been individually hand drawn by 75B in collaboration with Anne Wenzel.
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