'There is nothing more practical than a good theory': Conceptual tools for conservation practice. (1st June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Verbeeck, Muriel
• Is Part Of: Studies in conservation. Volume 61:Number 2(2016)supplement
• Page Start: 233
• Page End: 240
• Publication Date: 2016-06-01
• Subjects: Philosophy -- Brandi -- Muñoz-Viñas -- Genette -- Goodman -- Kapoor -- Intentionality -- Attentionality -- Concept; Art objects -- Conservation and restoration -- Periodicals; 700.288
• DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2016.1188647
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0039-3630

Abstract

Abstract : Faced with the growing number of case studies in contemporary art, philosophy provides conservators with a series of conceptual tools that allow to theorize their practice. The notion of intentionality and attentionality borrowed from Genette enables a better understanding of the problems that Dirty Corner by Anish Kapoor (a work vandalized on many occasions) poses. I will show that the conservator deals with the issue of the identity of a contemporary work in a different way from the art historian, and that philosophy is a practical tool to understand the specificity of the former's approach and intervention.