Authenticity is not the same as authorship even a forgery is authored Chair, Visual Arts and Technologies The Cleveland Institute of Art
> From: Derek Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:35:14 +1000 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Presence > > But he seems to mean the original of the thing whose authenticity is > in question. What does that mean? Is he just saying that we need to > be sure that a work is by the artist who is said to have created it if > we are going to call it authentic? But that is crashingly > self-evident. > > Or is he talking about an 'authentic' copy? > > Or what? > > > DA > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think it is very simple. In order to prove the authenticity of anything we >> need example from the same creator proved, as practically possible, authentic >> for comparative study. >> Boris Shoshensky >> >> -- "Derek Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> RE: ' >> "The presence of the original is the prerequisite to the concept of >> authenticity," writes Walter Benjamin in The Work of Art in the Age of >> Mechanical Reproduction. ' >> >> Among the various gnomic statements by Benjamin, this is not a bad >> example. What does it mean? Any suggestions? >> >> DA >> >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Saul Ostrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> AAH New Voices Postgraduate Symposium >>> University of Cambridge, Newnham College >>> 1st November 2008 >>> Art and Authenticity >>> Call for Papers >>> >>> Deadline: 1st September 2008 >>> >>> "The presence of the original is the prerequisite to the concept of >>> authenticity," writes Walter Benjamin in The Work of Art in the Age of >>> Mechanical Reproduction. Questions of authenticity dominate art history, >>> from verification of an artwork's claims to legitimacy, to rethinking, in >>> the wake of rapidly evolving information technologies, the very concept of >>> authenticity. This conference seeks to offers a platform for the >>> exploration of the ways in which authenticity can serve to validate and >>> verify, how it relates to historical truth, but also how faith in the power >>> of authentication makes manipulation and falsification dangerously easy. >>> >>> >>> New Voices postgraduate symposium, now in its sixth year, is organised by >>> the Student Members' Committee of the Association of Art Historians (AAH). >>> This one-day conference offers an opportunity for postgraduate students to >>> present their research in an informal, supportive and stimulating >>> atmosphere. We seek proposals for papers that examine the notion of >>> authenticity in all historical periods and critical perspectives, across >>> all mediums. Topics for discussion may include, but are not limited to: >>> >>> . Uniqueness and originality of artwork vs reproduction, multiples and copy >>> . Fakes and forgery: ethics and legality >>> . Connoisseurship, attribution, authentication and conservation >>> . Document and archive as evidence >>> . Photography's power to document and authenticate >>> . Questions of authorship and authenticity >>> . Appropriation: borrowing and stealing? >>> . New possibilities offered by the technologies to authenticate but also to >>> manipulate the image >>> >>> We welcome proposals of 250 words for 20 minute papers from postgraduate >>> students of all levels. Please send abstracts, including the full title of >>> the paper, your name, institutional affiliation and contact details to Olga >>> Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Louise Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by 1st >>> September 2008. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Derek Allan >> http://www.home.netspeed.com.au/derek.allan/default.htm >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Internet Security Software - Click here. >> http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/Ioyw6i4s9vBhSfPXnUtLfFCjey51aA >> 5zGEFieIsruPDcEWGF9mGKSQ/ >> >> > > > > -- > Derek Allan > http://www.home.netspeed.com.au/derek.allan/default.htm > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean.
