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Jan 19, 2017 nato thompson is chief curator at creative time, one of new yorks most prestigious and exciting art organizations. Dec 19, 2017 nato thompson is artistic director of philadelphia contemporary, a new nomadic organization with plans to build a permanent home. As nato thompson writes in the introduction to his book, seeing power. Curator nato thompson discusses his book, culture as weapon.
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He works as the sueyun and gene locks artistic director at philadelphia contemporary. Art and activism in the 21st century, nato thompson, chief curator of the nonprofit arts organization creative time, chronicles his direct involvement with, and retrospective reflections on, recent artistic. The art of influence in everyday life melville house books, 2017. Since then, thompson, who is chief curator, has organized such major creative time projects as the creative time summit 200920, kara walkers a subtlety. Nato thompson examines how art is used as a tool to shape public opinion in his new book, culture as weapon. Curator nato thompson on politics and the state of social. Joining the event instead will be artist, geographer, and author trevor paglen, who has collaborated on projects with both nato thompson and laura poitras. Nato thompson nato thompson is chief curator at the new yorkbased public arts institution creative time. Awareness, action and dissent part i at the hirshhorn museum in washington, dc, on thursday, october 26, 6. Since then, thompson has organized such major creative time projects as the creative time summit 20092015, kara walkers a. The role of culture in waging ideological warfare is the motivation for curator and art activist nato thompsons book culture as weapon. As the director of curation for the nonprofit arts organization creative time, nato has helped rejuvenate public art by commissioning innovating works. I write often about contemporary art and politics, although i do have a book of speculative fantasy coming out soon, titled marshsong.
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