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Parallel session
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Title
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Replicas: A Necessary Evil?
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Type
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presentations & discussion
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Date, time
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Thursday 10th June, 14:00-16:00
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Organisation
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Derek Pullen, Joint Head of Sculpture Conservation, Tate
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Guests
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Sandra Weerdenburg, conservator, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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Kate Moomaw, post-graduate fellow, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Description
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Replicas have become a major issue for modern and contemporary art professionals. We have to grapple with the practical and ethical challenges of recreating artworks for display and other purposes that are often contrary to our basic training as curators and conservators of the original object. Prompted by a short presentation of recent debates at Tate, the Getty and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the round table discussion will examine how attitudes have changed, where we think replicas are appropriate or inappropriate and how the range of justifications for making a replica have expanded to cope with changing art practice at all levels. Topics may include:
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What is missing from a replica and what does the original lose or gain by the existence of a copy of itself?
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Is there a trend for making more art replicas or have they always been with us to some extent?
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Do we need new codes of practice for dealing with replicas or does artistic practice and public acceptance drive the imperative to make copies?
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Do museums now have to anticipate making a replica at the same time they acquire the original artwork?
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When to make a replica and how to manage its afterlife.
The discussion will focus on tangible art formats and media -objects- rather than the kaleidoscopic, multiple version worlds of time-based media. Participants are invited to bring images of examples from their own professional experience.
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Maximum number of participants: 20
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Biography
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Derek Pullen ACR is joint head of the Sculpture Conservation section at Tate supporting exhibitions, displays and acquisitions programs at Tate's 5 UK sites. The section is responsible for three-dimensional artworks in all media ranging from traditional materials, such as marble and bronze, to plastics, neons and ephemeral media installations. His conservation interests include the technology of modern materials, and sculptors' studio practice. He also acts as consultant to several UK public bodies and is a trustee of the Public Monuments and Sculptures Association (PMSA) in the UK and steering committee of the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA).
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