Gala Porras-Kim : the weight of a patina of time / Gala Porras-Kim & Matthew H. Robb, editors ; with essays and contributions by Martha Buskirk, Ruth Estévez, Gala Porras-Kim, Matthew H. Robb, Glenn Wharton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Porras-Kim, Gala, 1984- artist, editor, contributor.

Robb, Matthew H., 1972- editor.

Buskirk, Martha, contributor.

Estévez, Ruth, 1977- contributor.

Wharton, Glenn, contributor.

Fowler Museum at UCLA, organizer, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Porras-Kim, Gala, 1984---Exhibitions.

Porras-Kim, Gala.

Museums in art--Exhibitions.

Museums in art.

Physical Description:

134 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Fowler Museum at UCLA, [2024]

Summary:

""Gala Porras-Kim: The weight of a patina of time" focuses on a series of works by Gala Porras-Kim, whose research-based practice looks closely at the layered meaning of objects in the 21st-century museum. Her in-depth explorations of the uncertain histories of ancient objects reimagine their pasts while charting new possibilities for their present and future. The essays, written by curators, academics, and conservators, reflect on Porras-Kim's affinity for fragments, conflicting histories, undeciphered texts, and other instances of uncertainty within the space of the museum. They also address the challenges of maintaining knowledge over centuries in shifting institutional contexts, and document Porras-Kim's interventions into systems of classification and knowledge production"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Polyphonic dialogues : new forms of preservation and cataloging in the work of Gala Porras-Kim / Ruth Estévez

Archival mischief / Martha Buskirk

Conservation as patina : the provocations of Gala Porras-Kim / Glenn Wharton.

Notes:

"This publication can be considered the last installation of the Fowler Museum exhibition, Gala Porras-Kim: The weight of a patina of time, which took place in 2023."--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780998044521

0998044520

OCLC:

1433008882