TRACTION

Traction argues that contemporary art is defined by a moral economy of indeterminacy that allows curators and artists to imagine the mselves on the other side of power. This self-positioning, in turn, leaves us politically bankrupt, intellectually stagnant, and aes thetically predictable. In his memoir-polemic, curator and writer Tirdad Zolghadr candidly reflects on his own experiences and the w ork of others. He also drafts possibilities for a logic and a support structure that can offer some purchase of their own, beyond th e gravit...[Read more]