Relics of all things precious: Curiosity and wonder in artists’ collections
PhD Thesis
Title | Relics of all things precious: Curiosity and wonder in artists’ collections |
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Type | PhD Thesis |
Authors | |
Author | Shafran, Tiffany |
Supervisor | Johnson, Laurie |
Akenson, David | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Qualification Name | Doctor of Philosophy |
Number of Pages | 258 |
Year | 2012 |
Abstract | This thesis proposes that there are specific artists whose practices utilise a collecting methodology as a critical engagement with the world. It argues that even though these artists appear to fit into a museum/archive system, they actually sit parallel to this system. Furthermore, the strategies that they employ navigate the physical, conscious, and unconscious world, creating new directions in collecting to surpass historical models. Therein the thesis examines the misinterpretation of how artists’ collections are situated within a museum or private collection system, proposing instead that these collections should be viewed as an artistic strategy and process for making sense of the world through the repositioning of found and collected objects. |
Keywords | art; artists; museum; collections; Wunderkammer; contemporary art; artistic strategy; collected objects |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 360602. Fine arts |
360699. Visual arts not elsewhere classified | |
360103. Art theory | |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Arts |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1y6w/relics-of-all-things-precious-curiosity-and-wonder-in-artists-collections
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