For many years, when works of art were newly acquired by Tate, conservators made contact with the artist to ask questions related to the future care and display of the art work. More recently, the process has been refined to ensure that it is carried out effectively and recorded consistently. Protocols have been developed to try to ensure that the information collected remains useful in future.
Project team
Jonathan Lewis, Researcher (Short-term contract, Sculpture Conservation)
Contributions
Rachel Barker, Tanya Barson, Bryony Bery, Dave Clarke, Jo Crook, Katie Dance, Abigail Dickson, Emily Fryer, Tim Green, Stephen Hackney, Kate Jennings, Pip Laurenson, Julia Nagle, Derek Pullen, Toby Treves, Holly Walsh, Tina Weidner.
Recent interviews include the following artists (update October 2006)
Luc Tuymans (Audio at Tate Modern; 6 page transcript)
James Rosenquist (Audio at artist’s studio; 10 page transcript)
Cildo Meireles (Video at Tate Modern; 22 page transcript)
Langlands and Bell (Notes from conversation at Tate Britain; 4 pages)
Richard Hamilton (Audio at Tate Britain; 15 page transcript)
Martin Boyce (Audio at Tate Britain; 13 page transcript)
Martin Creed (Audio at Tate Britain; 25 page transcript)
Geoffrey Clarke (Notes from conversation at artist’s home; 5 pages)
Richard Deacon (Audio at Tate Britain; 22 page transcript)
Zineb Sedira (Video at Tate Store; 5 page transcript)
Daria Martin (Video at Tate Store; 16 page transcript)
Phil Collins (Video at Tate Store; 12 page transcript)
Anri Sala (Video at Tate Modern; 9 page transcript)
Rosalind Nashashibi (Video at Tate Store; 7 page transcript)
Stan Douglas (Video at Tate Modern; 14 page transcript)
Tony Oursler in conversation with Sarah Joyce, September 2006
Interviews from recent years at Tate Conservation Department include among others:
Alan Davie
Basil Beattie
Chris Ofili
Nigel Cooke
Bruce Nauman
Paul Martin (son of Kenneth and Mary Martin)
John Latham
Carlos Garaicoa
References to these interviews are/will be available to INCCA members in the Database for Artists Archives.
For more information on this project see the Tate website.
This is an INCCA Affiliated Project.