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Sam Durant Revisits the “Scaffold” Controversy Three Years Later

Sam Durant Revisits the “Scaffold” Controversy Three Years Later

FromHyperallergic


Sam Durant Revisits the “Scaffold” Controversy Three Years Later

FromHyperallergic

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Oct 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A few weeks ago, artist Sam Durant released a long essay about his work, "Scaffold," which reflects on the project that dominated art world headlines. Originally commissioned for documenta (13) — the influential quinquennial exhibition in Kassel, Germany — in 2012, it wasn't until "Scaffold" was installed in the Walker Art Center's sculpture park in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, that it was met with protests by the local Dakota community.That event was a lightning rod for a national conversation about appropriation, racism, and the role of artists, museums, curators, and others in those conversation. I invited Durant to join me on the podcast to discuss the reason he wrote this so many years after the fact and what he thinks the lessons are.The music featured in this episode is the track “California Life” by Radiochaser.Subscribe to the Hyperallergic Podcast on Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else you listen to podcasts.
Released:
Oct 23, 2020
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A weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world with host Hrag Vartanian, cofounder and editor-in-chief of Hyperallergic.