{"id":10986,"date":"2021-02-09T09:29:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=10986"},"modified":"2021-02-09T09:34:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:34:18","slug":"brian-curtain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/brian-curtain\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Curtin"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6638\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10986-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/briancurtain.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/briancurtain.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/briancurtain.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11014\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11014\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas.jpg?resize=300%2C197&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C673&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C505&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1010&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1347&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C458&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas-scaled.jpg?resize=741%2C486&amp;ssl=1 741w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C702&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas-scaled.jpg?resize=639%2C420&amp;ssl=1 639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Portrait-of-Brian-Curtin-2021-by-Be-Takerng-Pattanopas-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of Brian Curtin, 2021, by Be Takerng Pattanopas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brianacurtin.com\/\">Brian Curtin<\/a> is an Irish-born art writer, lecturer, and curator of contemporary art. He has been based in Bangkok since 2000 where he lectures in the Department of Communication Design at Chulalongkorn University. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Brian\u2019s work explores dialogues between contemporary art, Queer theories and studies in visual and material cultures. His commentary, essays, interviews and reviews have been published in <em>Art Journal<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Artforum<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Art Asia Pacific<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Circa<\/em>,<em>\u00a0Craft Research<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Flash Art<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Frieze<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Journal of Curatorial Studies<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Parachute<\/em>,\u00a0amongst others. Brian\u2019s monograph <a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/distributed\/E\/bo70561004.html\"><i>Essential Desires: Contemporary Art in Thailand<\/i> <\/a>will be published by Reaktion Books in June 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Research work addresses challenges in thinking through hierarchies and antagonisms that limit critical approaches to modern and contemporary art; and published essays in this respect explore the<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">art-historical marginalizing of \u2018decoration\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/673253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">problems of national identity<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>as a frame for recent art. Brian has presented at conferences and symposia in Kuala Lumpur, Kyoto, London and Singapore. And has held writer\u2019s residencies in Beijing and Kuala Lumpur.<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11015\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11015\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Seminar-with-artist-Lim-Sokchanlina-at-Toot-Yung-Gallery-Bangok-2014.jpg?resize=625%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Seminar-with-artist-Lim-Sokchanlina-at-Toot-Yung-Gallery-Bangok-2014.jpg?w=625&amp;ssl=1 625w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Seminar-with-artist-Lim-Sokchanlina-at-Toot-Yung-Gallery-Bangok-2014.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seminar with artist Lim Sokchanlina at Toot Yung Gallery Bangok 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11016\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11016\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Essential-Desires-Publication-in-June-2021.jpg?resize=548%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Essential-Desires-Publication-in-June-2021.jpg?w=548&amp;ssl=1 548w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Essential-Desires-Publication-in-June-2021.jpg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Essential-Desires-Publication-in-June-2021.jpg?resize=320%2C420&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Essential Desires Publication in June 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/briancurtain.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list Brian Curtin is an Irish-born art writer, lecturer, and curator of contemporary art. 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