Audit

Edited by Patrick (Boris) Kremer and Sandra Kolten

Exhibition catalogue published by Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, 2001

Texts by Patrick (Boris) Kremer, Jeroen Boomgaard, and Stefan Weber

Artists: Otto Berchem, Chris Burden, Nathan Coley, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Peter Friedl, Tracey Moffat, Muntadas, Marjetica Potrč, Antoine Prum, Michael Stevenson, Barbara Visser

Graphic design: Base, Brussels

English

17.5 x 24 cm, 152 p.

“How can the system called ‘art’ give a fair account of its activity? Audit appropriates the notion of an internal audit that checks an institution at a given time, both its dealings in the recent past and its future options. The institution in this context is the community of actors in the art scene who are equated with the employees of a globally operating company. Considering the complexity of the different relationships within this institution, the audit will address aspects such as the visible and invisible structural constituents of the exhibition space; the notion of exhibiting; the respective roles of artists, curators, art dealers, and the public; the theoretical discourse and the practical implementation of the production and distribution of art.” (Exhibition blurb)

The catalogue of the first group show I curated. I wrote the keynote essay, copy-edited and proofread all the essays and work descriptions, and worked closely with the graphic designers.