Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art Business
First Advisor
Kathy Battista
Second Advisor
Jenny Gibbs
Abstract
The history of art has shown that artists of the present will always find a way to push boundaries and create unprecedented work, whether through the use of foreign materials, new technical processes, or in concept. However exciting this may be, this innovation in the twenty-first century has brought with it an entire world of new challenges for today’s conservators—the specialists tasked with the seemingly impossible duty of preserving art that, by its very nature, refuses to endure. This thesis is an examination of the unique conservation challenges in contemporary art that have been introduced as a result of an increase in art being created with what can be called non-traditional materials.
Recommended Citation
Hong, Sandra, "Current Issues in the Conservation of Contemporary Art and its Non-traditional Materials" (2018). MA Theses. 15.
https://digitalcommons.sia.edu/stu_theses/15
Distinction
1
Included in
Art and Materials Conservation Commons, Contemporary Art Commons, Interactive Arts Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons