Cast Contemporaries: sculptural presence and plaster casts in art schools

Chris Dorsett

Cast Contemporaries: sculptural presence and plaster casts in art schools

Chris Dorsett

Arts Department

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Abstract

I have a particular interest in museological claims about the construction of knowledge through the collecting and exhibiting of objects. In my theoretical writing I reflect on my experiences as an artist-curator, especially those moments in art galleries and museums when material presence fails to support interpreted meaning. In this paper I turn my attention to the loss of presence, and the implied disappearance of interpretation, associated with the fate of plaster cast collections in contemporary art school environments.

Original language	English
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 10 Sept 2011
Event	The Cast Conference - Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh Duration: 10 Sept 2011 → …

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Conference	The Cast Conference
Period	10/09/11 → …

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