This research project looks into the moment of the 1970s, pivotal within the visual arts practices for shifting meaning and substance of the artwork in connection to a changing role of labour within and beyond Western societies in their new imperial and capitalist ambitions. Case studying a number of exhibitions in Scandinavia and elsewhere which challenged methodologies of display, artmaking and precarious living conditions, these expositions questioned how and why work as a concept enters the exhibition as a form.
Antonio Cataldo is a writer and a curator and currently employed as the artistic director of Fotogalleriet Oslo.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dorothee Richter, Prof. Susanne Clausen