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What is the place for documentary videos on living artists in the art library?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Jeannette Dixon
Jeannette Dixon*
Affiliation:
Hirsch Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Increasingly, video is the medium of choice for learning about art, because it is immediate and revealing. However, not all art libraries include artists’ documentary videos in their collections. For libraries, video presents problems of changing formats, fugitive qualities, lack of reviews, and insufficient information regarding their existence and their availability. Videos frequently accompany exhibitions on contemporary artists. What happens to this documentation when the exhibit closes? What resources besides the Getty’s Art on Film Database keep track of these independently produced videos? How can art libraries work together in a co-ordinated effort to acquire, catalog, and preserve documentary video work on artists?

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , 1995 , pp. 31 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1995

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