3. Research questions (2007)
creator(s) Sanneke Stigter (conservator/art historian)
publisher Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

The exhibition history shows that it seams difficult to preserve the informal character of an artwork once it becomes part of a museum collection. Therefore the question is raised to what extend the Clamp can really be made out of the objects we have in storage by simply arranging them. What do we need to know in order to understand the artwork fully? How does this translate to the act of recreating the installation? What is the role of the telephone set that was delivered with the artwork, whereas it is not working? What immaterial aspects are part of ’Clamp’? How could the artwork’s behaviour be determined? There are numerous questions to each part of the installation and the artwork as a whole.

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