This series of workshops is the first public event organised as part of the 'Curating Nation' project being developed by Hammad Nasar at UAL Decolonising Arts Institute. This series was developed in collaboration with British Art Network’s Black British Art Research Group led by Alice Correia, Elizabeth Robles and Marlene Smith.
In conversation with the British Art Show 9, Curating Nation invites artists, curators and scholars to consider three primary strands of enquiry:
- How are national collections formed, and where do we encounter them?
- What stories of nation do touring exhibitions circulate?
- What is the role of international constituents, particularly in former colonies, in the co-production of British art histories?
By paying attention to the role of curatorial and institutional agency we aim to focus on the possibility for more expanded and diverse narratives of British art that account for current socio-political debates around ‘the nation’. The event asks what does the ‘national’ look like, and what roles can art, artists and arts organisations play in shaping national self-perceptions in the 21st century?
