We are excited to announce the publication of a new anthology of essays, titled The Explicit Material: Inquiries on the Intersection of Curatorial and Conservation Cultures.
The book, co-edited by Hanna Hölling, Francesca Bewer and Katharina Ammann, gathers varied perspectives from the discourses of conservation, curation and humanities disciplines to focus on aspects of heritage transmission and material transitions. The authors observe and explicate the myriad transformations that works of different kinds-manuscripts, archaeological artefacts, video art, installations, performances, film, and built heritage-may undergo: changing contexts, changing matter, changing interpretations and display. Focusing on the vibrant materiality of artworks and artefacts, The Explicit Material puts an emphasis on objects as complex constructs of material relations. By so doing, it announces a shift in sensibilities and understandings of the significance of objects and the materials they are made of, and on the increasingly blurred boundaries between the practices of conservation and curation. List of contributors in alphabetical order: Katharina Ammann, Francesca Bewer, Judit Bodor, Thea Burns, Birgit Cleppe, Paul Eggert, Hanna Hölling, David Lowenthal, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Elisabeth Pye, Dawn W. Rogala, and Anna Schäffler. Cover illustration: Com&Com (Johannes M. Hedinger/Marcus Gossolt), Baum (Tree), 2010. Installation view at Kunsthaus Pasquart Biel, Switzerland, 17 January–14 March 2010. Image: Daniel Schmid. Log in to download an e-book of The Explicit Material via institution: https://brill.com/abstract/title/38670 The Explicit Material, published in Studies in Art and Materiality, Vol. 1, Leiden and Boston: Brill Page Numbers: xviii, 290 pp., 55 full color ill. Publication Date: 2019 Hard copy available in July. To purchase the book, follow the links to Brill Publishing<https://brill.com/abstract/title/38670> https://brill.com/abstract/title/38670 or Amazon<https://www.amazon.co.uk/Explicit-Material-Studies-Art-Materiality/dp/9004372814/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=hanna+holling&qid=1560600796&s=books&sr=1-3> https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/9004372814/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2 Dr Hanna Holling History of Art and Material Studies | Department of History of Art | University College London | Gower Street | London WC1E 6BT T: +44 (0) 20 3108 4032 | E: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> |Office hour: Wednesdays 1-2 pm | Room 406 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
