Plastics

Abstract

"Why modern and contemporary art - and art conservation - can't be understood without taking account of the revolutionary impact of plastics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Plastics: an introduction / Caroline Fowler -- Conservation and plastics / Anne Gunnison -- Plastic histories of art / David Joselit -- Case studies in plastics. -- The conservation treatment of a Naum Gabo / Elena Torok ; Hide, feathers, beads, and plastics: the continuum of care at the National Museum of the American Indian / Susan Heald and Kelly McHugh ; Plastic disability things: Jake's ankle-foot orthoses and the materials of disability / Bess Williamson ; Detecting particle ecologies on a plasticized planet / Jennifer Gabrys ; Plastic only: plastics in the artist's studio / Kevin Beasley.