Still life : ecologies of the modern imagination at the art museum
Title:
Still life : ecologies of the modern imagination at the art museum
Author:
Domínguez Rubio, Fernando, author.
ISBN:
9780226713922
9780226714080
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Publication Information:
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Physical Description:
417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction : toward an ecology of modern categories -- Ecologies of care. Introduction : caring for the same ; The modern object of care ; The elusive object of contemporary art ; The modern subject of care -- Ecologies of containment. Introduction : the aesthetics of containment ; Containing eternity ; Eternity on the move -- Ecologies of imagination. Introduction : Into the white ; The interior space of art ; Exhibitions as material acts of imagination -- Ecologies of the digital. The work of art in the age of digital fragility -- Conclusion : the cracks of the modern imagination.
Abstract:
"Iconic works of art such as Jackson Pollock's One and Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night draw around 3 million viewers to New York's Museum of Modern Art annually. However, between the museum's permanent collection and its temporary exhibits on display, only just a fraction of MoMA's vast collection and the infrastructures that support it are visible to the public. In Still Life, Fernando Domínguez Rubio dives deep into the institutions, technologies, and histories that have made MoMA a cultural powerhouse. Domínguez Rubio seeks to uncover the considerable forces that support and sustain this growth. He shows us the veritable army of conservators, art movers, and curators who try to fend off the slow and inevitable deterioration of the works in MoMA's prestigious collection, as well as the enormous and idiosyncratic technologies they rely on, ranging from air conditioning units to specially designed storage containers. And indeed, the vast majority of MoMA's immense collection is in storage. Of the museum's 1,221 works by Picasso, only 24 are regularly on display. These works are thus not only subject to the elements, but to trends in the art world. The prestige of a museum, then, is ultimately as fragile as the works it contains: not only do works of art decay over time, their perceived importance is constantly in flux"-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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