Authenticity in Transition
Changing Practices in Contemporary Art Making and Conservation
Edited by Erma Hermens Edited by Frances Robertson
Paperback (Published)
(April 2016)
ISBN: 9781909492363
6.89 x 9.65 inches
Price: $90.00
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The papers debate the various ways that changing artistic practices affect our interpretation, conservation, and curation of contemporary art, with a special reference to the shifting concepts of authenticity and artistic intent. They examine the topic through many mediums including artists’ viewpoints, the ephemeral nature of materials, historical perspective. The volume especially focuses on the problems caused by a shifting concept of authenticity to the conservation of artworks and conservation ethics.
This volume contains papers from the NeCCAR 2014 conference “Authenticity in Transition”. The papers debate the various ways that changing artistic practices affect our interpretation, conservation, and curation of contemporary art, with a special reference to the shifting concepts of authenticity and artistic intent. The papers examine the topic through many mediums including artists’ viewpoints, the ephemeral nature of materials, historical perspective. The volume especially focuses on the problems caused by a shifting concept of authenticity to the conservation of artworks and conservation ethics.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contemporary conservation: keynotes
In the wings
Jill Sterrett
The aesthetics of change: on the relative durations of the impermanent and critical thinking in conservation
Hanna Hölling
Contemporary conservation: curating and translating art history
Reconfiguring contemporary art in the museum
Glenn Wharton
Moving away from the artist’s sway: changes in the critical reception of Mike Kelley’s Day Is Done
Ariane Noël de Tilly
The Cybernetic Tower by Nicolas Schöffer: the conservator’s role between continuity and historicity of the production
Manon D’haenens
Between curator and the artist: a problem of authority
Agnieszka Wielocha
Stills and touches: merging concepts of authenticity between a paper conservator, artists and curators in a private art gallery
Magdalena Grenda-Kurmanow
... Designed to exist in passing time: Robert Rauschenberg’s Black Painting
Jennifer Hickey
Identifying aesthetic and technological thresholds in the restoration of contemporary art
Tiarna Doherty and L.H. (Hugh) Shockey, Jr.
The legalities of authenticity and contemporary art
Jean E. Brown
Contemporary conservation: connecting practices
Authenticity and authorship in socially engaged art
Rebecca Gordon
Connecting practices of preservation: exploring authenticities in collaborative performance-based artworks
Hélia Marçal, Andreia Nogueira, Isabel Pires and Rita Macedo
Blind spots in contemporary art conservation? Results of an interdisciplinary workshop
Julia Giebeler and Gunnar Heydenreich
Contemporary conservation: reinventing technologies and media
Conservation of contemporary art: from concepts to practice, Cloaca by Wim Delvoye
Muriel Verbeeck and Nico Broers
In search of the real Suzanne: authenticity and evolving artistic practice in the conservation of a time-based media sculpture by Julian Opie
Joanna Shepard
Good vibrations: the conservation of Soto’s Grande muro panoramico vibrante
Paolo Martore
Through the conservator’s lens: from analogue photowork to digital printout. How is authenticity served?
Sanneke Stigter
Exploring the conservation of net art: a call for authentic alliances
Annet Dekker
Artist’s experiments with new materials in works of art: how to preserve intent and matter
Monika Jadzinska
Motors matter: some reflections on the preservation of electro-mechanical devices in contemporary art
Laura Calvi, Roberto Dipasquale and Iolanda Ratti
- Edited by Erma Hermens
- Edited by Frances Robertson
"Sin duda, en ellas el lector interesado encontrara muchas respuestas a cuestiones sobre la autenticidad e intencionalidad de la obra contemporanea y, una vez mas, multitud de preguntas que le llevaran a la reflexion.." Ge-conservacion - July 2016
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