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Artists’ archives: preserving the documentation and collections of an artist organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Darlene Tong
Darlene Tong*
Affiliation:
Head of Information, Research & Instructional Services, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University, 1630 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132-4030, USA
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Email: [email protected], www.library.sfsu.edu/dtong
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Abstract

A wealth of primary documentation has been produced and collected by artists and artist-run organizations since the 1970s. Alternative art activities were often time-based and experimented with form and material, and documentation has become essential as a means to study and understand the intent, the actualization and the impact of artworks. What are the key issues for artists, archivists and researchers interested in the collection, preservation and provision of future access to the archives of the avant-garde?

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , 2002 , pp. 22 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2002

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Footnotes

dedicated to the memory of Carl Loeffler (1946-2001), founder and Executive Director of La MamellelArt Com.

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