Abstract
ABSTRACTThis article analyzes how curatorial practices deal with coloniality and, in a broader sense, with the legacies of colonialism and imperialism in our postcolonial present. To do so, it approaches the curatorial landscape of the Iberian territories in a moment of a radical geopolitical transformation, marked by the inclusion of Portugal and Spain in the European Union, the critical responses to the commemoration of their imperial past, and the rethinking of their postcolonial, post-dictatorship identity. Frequently framed from the point of view of exceptionalism, in a separated way, this article argues that Iberian postcoloniality can be better understood when approached from a comparative perspective.
Highlights
Contemporary Art, Postcolonial Studies, Curatorial Practice ev w ie Abstract: This article analyzes how curatorial practices deal with coloniality and, in a broader sense, with the legacies of colonialism and imperialism in our postcolonial present
It approaches the curatorial landscape of the Iberian territories in a moment of a radical geopolitical transformation, marked by the inclusion of Portugal and Spain in the European Union, the critical responses to the commemoration of their imperial past, and the rethinking of their postcolonial, post-dictatorial identity
Framed from the point of view of exceptionalism, in a separated way, this article argues that Iberian postcoloniality can be better understood when approached from a comparative perspective
Summary
This article’s main intention was to show how curating emerges as a fertile operational field from where the postcolonial condition of the Iberian territories is redefined. The problem is that an image based on the silence and disinterest of the Portuguese cultural context towards its postcolonial present does not allow a comparison with any other model, while at the same time somehow “naturalizes” the relation between Portugal and the territories formerly colonized by it. Despite those remarkable critical efforts, the logic. Ee ly Appendix 1: Curatorial Practices and Coloniality in the Iberian Context, ca. 1990-2017
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