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Artists and collections
Stephen,
Here at St Fagans: National History Museum, we have worked
with contemporary artists who responded to our collections. These include Bedwyr
Williams, who recreated a scene from a painting called The Bard (by John
Harrison), and called it Bard Attitude; Peter Finnemore who displayed his
collection of 7" record covers as an art installation; and Marc Rees
recreated his parent's living room in response to our collection of Swansea
China (images and information attached). Bedwyr also created a 'Tafarn Iorwerth
Peate' to commemorate our 60th anniversary (Peate, the museum's founder, was an
abstainer - Bedwyr was commenting on the anomaly that 60 years on, the social
life of the pub is still not represented here). There are other examples, and I
haven't been involved in most of them, but I'm sure someone here can help if
you're interested.
Owain
Owain Rhys
Curadur Bywyd Cyfoes /
Curator of Contemporary Life
Bywyd Gwerin / Social &
Cultural History
Amgueddfa Werin Cymru / National
History Museum
Sain Ffagan / St
Fagans
Caerdydd / Cardiff
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Hello
Wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction?
I am looking for examples of projects or programme
collaborations between museums and contemporary artists. In particular
examples of collections or sites that do not have a past track record of working
with contemporary art. Rather than contemporary art galleries which have a
proven track record with the art community. Social History or natural
science collections are often more of a challenge, but I feel could potentially
be more rewarding to the museum, artist and visitor.
It could be an artists in residence using collections or
something a bit more long lasting. If you have any good case studies I
would be interested to hear from you. (Although I did like the grennan and
sperandio residency that was showcased at the SHCG ASW).
Yours
Stephen
Stephen Lowy
Head of Community Museums
Hampshire Museums & Archives Service
Chilcomb House, Winchester
Hampshire, SO23 8RD
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