Joshua Decter—the writer, curator, theorist and art historian—will discuss art’s paradoxical condition: art problematizes, and is intrinsically a problem, which is the theme of his new volume of selected essays, interviews, curatorial texts, and reviews, spanning 1986-2012.

 Decter will be joined by Judith Barry and Ken Saylor in a conversation about a key subtext of his book: how a critical relationship to institutions should take into account not only the complex legacy of institutional critique, but also the role of architecture in the development of progressive, even experimental, exhibition designs.

JOSHUA DECTER is a New York-based writer, curator, critic and art historian who has contributed to Artforum, Afterall, Mousse, The Exhibitionist and other periodicals. Decter has curated exhibitions at PS1, CCS Bard, Apex Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Kunsthalle Vienna, and the Santa Monica Museum of Art. He founded the M.A. Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere program at USC, and has taught at The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, SVA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, New York University, UCLA, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and Bennington College.

JUDITH BARRY is an artist and writer whose work crosses a number of disciplines: architecture, film/video, performance, installation, sculpture, photography and new media. Recent exhibitions include Take it or Leave it, Hammer Museum; ... Cairo stories, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles; and Americana, Perez Miami Art Museum. She has exhibited at the Berlin Biennale, Carnegie International, Documenta, Sao Paolo Bienal, Sydney Biennale, Sharjah Biennial, the Venice Biennale, and the Whitney Biennial.

KEN SAYLOR is a founding principal of Saylor + Sirola, a New York City based architecture, art and design consultancy. He has designed media installations and exhibitions with visual artists, curators, and museums internationally. His work has been published in Progressive Architecture, Interior Design, Metropolis, Art in America, Artforum, and The New York Times. Recent projects include: As it were... So to speak at the Jewish Museum, and Re-model Ludlow38 at Goethe-Institut.

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