Art work : conserving and restoring contemporary art / editor, Isabella Villafranca Soissons ; translation, Christopher Scala.

To speak of "restoration" in relation to contemporary art seems almost oxymoronic. On the one hand, it is commonly assumed that the art produced in our own time is still too new to need conservation. On the other hand, with some artists deliberately seeking change or decay in their art thr...

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Other Authors: Villafranca Soissons, Isabella (Editor), Scala, Christopher (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Published: Venice : Marsilio Editori, 2018.
Edition:English edition.
Series:Mestieri d'arte (Venice, Italy)
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505 0 |a Introduction / Franco Cologni -- Foreword / Barbara Geary Truan -- The hand and the intellect / Giorgio Bonsanti -- The challenge of contemporary art / Isabella Villafranca Soissons -- Producing contemporary art. New languages, new media / Isabella Villafranca Soissons ; Plastics in contemporary art / Anna Laganà ; Materials. Listening to the material / Pier Paolo Calzolari ; Disturbing the material / Roberto Cuoghi ; Revealing the material / Elisabetta De Maggio ; Case study - Giulio Turcato, Superficie vergine fluorescente -- Large installations. Contemporary incursions / Massimiliano Gioni ; Monument and intentionality / Arnaldo Pomodoro ; Digital artisans / Adam Lowe ; Case study - Chema Alvargonzalez, El Viaje de las Palabras -- Experimentation and limits. The life of forms / Vicente Todolì ; Conserving and restaging / Anna Mattirolo ; Collecting by memory / Giorgio Fasol ; Case study - Paul McCarthy, Pig Island -- Living with contemporary art. Fruition and conservation of art collections / Isabella Villafranca Soissons ; On living (with) art / Antonella Crippa -- Private collecting. Home museum / Gemma De Angelis Testa ; In the office / Giuseppe Iannaccone ; Face to face / Andrea Succo ; Case study - Loris Cecchini, Stage Evidence (Untitled) -- Open to the public. A foundation in the making / Philip Rylands ; The curator's care / Grazia Quaroni ; Sharing a collection / Enea Righi ; Case study - Grazia Varisco, Mercuriale -- Outdoors. Contemporary landscape garden / Giuliano Gori ; Art in the public space / Andrea Zegna and Barbara Casavecchia ; Preserving art and landscape / Gianni Bolongaro ; Case study - Giò Pomodoro, KA -- Promoting contemporary art. From preserving to investing / Isabella Villafranca Soissons ; The contract to preserve the authenticity of an artwork / Alessandra Donati -- Artist archives. Putting documentation to use / Marco Scotini ; The artist's legacy / Rosalia Pasqualino di Marineo ; Safeguarding works of art / Renata Wirz and Federico Sardella / Case study - Alberto Burri, Nero Plastica -- Conservation, authenticity, value. A far-flung collection / Friedhelm Hütte ; Professional advisory service / Domenico Filipponi ; Art and finance / Claudio Costamagna ; Case study - Salvatore Scarpitta, Untitled No. 9 -- Teaching restoration. Training contemporary art restorers / Isabella Villafranca Soissons ; An international perspective / Richard Wolbers ; Restoring contemporary art material / Donatella Cavezzali ; Case study - Stefano Arienti, Turbine Antologia ; The OPD and contemporary art restoration / Letizia Montalbano ; Case study - Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing 445 ; Best practice and innovation in restoration training / Michela Cardinali ; Case study - Emilio Ambasz, Poltrona Qualis / by Sandra Vazquez Perez ; An academy focused on art and experimentation / Aurora Spinosa ; Case study - Le Stazioni dell'Arte / by Giovanna Cassese -- Conservation and restoration: training programmes in Italy. 
520 3 |a To speak of "restoration" in relation to contemporary art seems almost oxymoronic. On the one hand, it is commonly assumed that the art produced in our own time is still too new to need conservation. On the other hand, with some artists deliberately seeking change or decay in their art through the use of perishable or unstable materials, the conceptual assumptions and technical practices governing conservation and restoration are being subjected to fascinating new challenges. Mass-produced objects, bread, beans, blood, excrement (human and animal), garbage, seeds, leaves, moving gears, lights and scents are just some of the materials that a restorer of contemporary art has to deal with. These wear out, grow rusty or moldy, fade, ferment, become infested by insects, stall, dry out. Each work of contemporary art is unique and unrepeatable - and consequently so is each intervention made by a conservator. Questions of how to conserve these kinds of artworks - and to what ends - have a critical bearing on how contemporary art is seen and understood. But the peculiarities of restoring contemporary art have received relatively little exploration or theorization outside of the technical conservation literature. Featuring interviews with curators and artists such as Roberto Cuoghi and Massimiliano Gioni, Art Work: Conserving and Restoring Contemporary Art fills this gap, inviting readers to explore how conservation practices are shaping the nature of the contemporary art object. -Publisher's website. 
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