{"title":"CCC","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"anuradha-vikram-decolonizing-culture","title":"Anuradha Vikram: Decolonizing Culture","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 978-0-9985006-5-2\u003cbr\u003ee-ISBN 978-0-9985006-7-6\u003cbr\u003eOctober 2017, English, 5 x 8 in, 154 pages, b\/w, softcover\u003cbr\u003eDesign: Sming Sming Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003eAnuradha Vikram’s \u003ci\u003eDecolonizing Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a collection of seventeen essays that address questions of race and gender parity in contemporary art spaces. Originally published between 2013 and 2017 through\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Serving\u003c\/i\u003e’s #Hashtags column, Vikram's text considers the specifics of equality and representation in the context of current events in the field of arts and culture in the United States and internationally. The columns cover a number of racially charged incidents in arts institutions during this period that received significant press attention, but little meaningful analysis. Vikram examines how arts institutions construct space and select programming in accordance with their expectations of their audience, and how a disconnect between the realities of contemporary urban demographics and the leadership at many arts institutions has led to controversy and embarrassment on numerous occasions. Contrasting with these case studies in institutional exclusion are a number of profiles of artists and artworks that bring art’s potential for inclusivity to fruition, working within institutions as well as outside of them to bring change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.curativeprojects.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAnuradha Vikram\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Los Angeles-based writer, curator, and educator who has guest-curated exhibitions for the Craft Contemporary (formerly CAFAM), Shulamit Nazarian, Mills College Art Museum, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, ProArts, and the DeYoung Museum Artist Studio, and held curatorial positions at 18th Street Arts Center, UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice, Headlands Center for the Arts, Aicon Gallery, Richmond Art Center, and in the studio of artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. 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