Innovative Approaches to the Complex Care of Contemporary Art

By Iwona Szmelter

The volume Innovative Approaches to the Complex Care of Contemporary Art contributes to the debate on the care of the most recent cultural heritage - modern and contemporary art. A new understanding is required, which takes into account the care and conservation of both the tangible and intangible aspects of visual art. The paradox of current conservation practice has been that despite adopting the new concept of heritage, the aims and methods of conservation have remained the same, evolving very slowly by following some changes in the history of ideas, human experience and techniques of conservation. The authors of this book relate complex conservation practices to an awareness of the need for a multidimensional approach to the care of modern and contemporary art. Maintaining a dialogue with history, they boldly confront the typical patterns and accepted evolution of the theory of conservation by looking at the wider perspective including the most recent history of any work of art - documentation, interviews with artists, records of image, the sound of performance, consent to e-installation, emulation etc. They bear in mind as the first principle primum non nocere and various legal issues.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904982816
• ISBN13: 9781904982814
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Archetype Publications
• Length: 230 Pages