Bledsoe explores curatorial modes at the SA National Gallery

The APC initiative recently welcomed Clark Bledsoe, a third-year study-abroad student, who is spending one semester at UCT. Hailing originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Bledsoe's home university is Macalester, an undergraduate liberal arts college in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he studies Anthropology with a concentration in African Studies.

In addition, although it is not his primary field of study, he also has a strong interest in the workings of the contemporary art world. Under Professor Carolyn Hamilton's supervision, Bledsoe will be bringing together his passion for the arts and his anthropological skills in a fieldwork report that seeks to explore the ideas of curation that are at work in the South African National Gallery.

Although still in the beginning stages of research, he is seeking an understanding of what curatorship means to SANG in light of its position within the Iziko Museums group and the post-apartheid social sphere more generally.