Educational turn in art: Turning art into the production of a new knowledge

Abstract

Educational turn in art as a term was first introduced during the last decade of the twentieth century in curatorial practices, although the very concept of turning art into educational vehicle, or into production of a new knowledge can be traced earlier into the art movements, schools and alternative pedagogical approaches. However, the idea that the art world could be transformed into an art network, an educational space that encourages the production and exchange of knowledge, certainly opens up a lot of questions both to the academic field and the field of artistic and representational practices. The text 'Educational turn in art: Turning art into the production of a new knowledge' attempts to give an overview on the concepts of the educational turn in art, and also to shed some light on the important issues regarding the status of art in the contemporary information age.

Keywords

• educational turn
• art
• knowledge
• information