Network construction for the conservation of contemporary art in Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24652028
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
• Principal Investigator: TAIRA Yuichiro 東京藝術大学, 学内共同利用施設等, 講師 (10582819)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ITO Junji 東京藝術大学, 社会連携センター, 特任教授 (30422637) ; ARAI Kei 東京藝術大学, 大学院美術研究科, 准教授 (60361739)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HANDA Masaki 東京藝術大学, 大学院美術研究科, 非常勤講師 (20538764) ; MIYAKO Emi 東京藝術大学, 大学院美術研究科, 非常勤講師 (40633441)
• Research Collaborator: SUZUKI Haruhiko ; KUBO Hitoshi ; KIRIHARA Eina
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 文化財保存学 / 現代美術 / 現代アート / 修復 / メディア・アート / ヴィデオ・アート / コンテンポラリーアート

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The forms of artworks have radically diversified in recent decades. In contemporary art, which concepts are considered important, it is necessary not only to establish principles for the conservation and restoration of artworks while maintaining their integrity and identity as physical “objects” but also to maintain their conceptual sameness. Therefore, I believe that it is necessary to integrate traditional Japanese conservation and restoration principles with European contemporary art conservation and restoration principles and propose new principles based on both these theories and ethics..
I have been investigating cases of the conservation of contemporary art in Japan and abroad, and exploring new methods to restore contemporary art using various materials and techniques. I believe that this study has suggested the possibility of a groundbreaking method to restore artworks that use CRT television, hence it can contribute to the advancement of research in this area.

Free Research Field

文化財保存学（現代美術）