Curating Beyond the Mainstream : The Practices of Carlos Capelan, Elisabet Haglund, Gunilla Lundahl, and Jan-Erik Lundstroem Artist Commission travellers in Africa and buyers

travellers in Africa and buyers and collectors who had never set foot on the continent

and Boss Saqr who stashes his money above the bath

ISBN: 9781851774852

It also testifies to the designers’ determination to take ownership of their destiny and image by presenting objects and forms that are simultaneously aware of their diverse heritage and are deeply rooted in a complex reality

Curating Beyond the Mainstream : The Practices of Carlos Capelan, Elisabet Haglund, Gunilla Lundahl, and Jan-Erik Lundstroem Artist Commission travellers in Africa and buyersThrough four case studies, Archeology of a Profession in Sweden brings to the fore decolonial and other non hegemonic approaches to the profession of curating in Sweden from the 1960s to the early 2000s. Carlos Capeln, Elisabet Haglund, Gunilla Lundahl, and Jan Erik Lundstrm made their mark on art and curating of their time, at institutions such as Kulturhuset and Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm, Bors Konstmuseum and Bildmuseet in Ume, but also through