Paterson, D. , Castriota, B. , Quabeck, N., Hermens, E., Heydenreich, G. and Miller, Z. (Eds.) (2021) Special Issue: Expanding Notions of ‘Making’ for Contemporary Artworks. Artmatters International Journal for Technical Art History. [Edited Journal]
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Abstract
This first ArtMatters Special Issue presents papers based on presentations from two symposia organised in 2017 by the University of Glasgow and in 2018 by the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art (NACCA, 2015–2020). NACCA comprises a training network of 15 early stage researchers working with and supervised by conservation professionals (technical) art historians, heritage scientists and curators from 10 partner institutions, both universities and museums, and spread over six European countries: The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom. The symposium Material Futures: Matter, Memory and Loss in Contemporary Art Production and Preservation (28–30 June 2017, University of Glasgow) was followed in 2018 by From Different Perspectives to Common Grounds in Contemporary Art Conservation (25– 26 June, Cologne University of Applied Sciences). The papers presented here were contributed by the ITN’s early stage researchers and other (keynote) speakers both from within and without the NACCA network. Expanding Notions of ‘Making’ for Contemporary Artworks examines critical issues related to the often protracted and distributed making of contemporary artworks, within and alongside their care, conservation and display. The contributors draw upon diverse theoretical frameworks from anthropology to ethnography, organisational theory, semiotics, sociology, gender studies, feminist theory and new materialism, among others. They critically examine the implications of an expanded notion of making for the custodianship and perpetuation of contemporary artworks. Across the various contributions, the authors reflect on the processes of knowledge production that surround the making and conservation of contemporary art. The papers consider how this produced and synthesised knowledge informs our sense of the artworks’ identities, and how these identities are not static or absolute but mediated, situated and often closely connected to the processes of (re)making and the artworks’ materiality. These expanded ideas of knowledge-making and identity formation in relation to contemporary art objects are also explored in the context of the actors and networks that enable their continuation, revealing the negotiated and contingent nature of their objecthood.
| Item Type: | Edited Journals |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Paterson, Dr Dominic and Castriota, Dr Brian and Hermens, Dr Erma and Quabeck, Nina |
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| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > History of Art |
| Journal Name: | Artmatters International Journal for Technical Art History |
| Publisher: | Archetype |
| Published Online: | 01 September 2021 |
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