Curation, conservation, and the artist in Silent Explosion: Ivor Davies and Destruction in Art

Emily O'reilly, Rose Miller, Judit Bodor

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Abstract

This paper examines the preservation and curatorial approaches explored for the exhibition Silent Explosion: Ivor Davies and Destruction in Art at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales (November 2015–March 2016). The collaboration between the artist, curator/researcher, and conservators is considered and the evolving and flexible way in which transient pieces were presented/re-presented is described. The paper offers a case study in the context of this exhibition and argues that regardless of whether it is in traditional media (such as painting) or as time-based media (unstable and open to interpretation), Davies' work challenges a perception of artworks as finished, single-authored objects
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-173
Number of pages7
JournalStudies in Conservation
Volume61
Issue numbersup2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Sept 2016

Keywords

  • destruction in art
  • post-war art
  • exhibition
  • museum case study
  • behaviour-based conservation

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