Basic data of the
work of art
Technique / description * Conservation / installation Balka´s intervention
Good God
1990
Varied measures
Cat. Nº: AC 689
Installation composed by the following items:
- A table made of very old / rough wood and
white cement on top.
(fig. 1)
- An old electric pillow that lies over the table
- A small piece of wood placed on the floor
with ashes (fig.2)
- A long piece of wood to be hang on the
wall, with some fir leaves over and some
more in the floor (fig. 3)
- Follow the hand-written installation
instructions by the author.
- The manipulation of the table has to be
very careful since the upper cement part is
too heavy for the wood structure, avoid to
put the table upside down.
- The fir leaves and the ashes tend to
disappear during the exhibition periods,
due to some visitors steeping on them, or
the cleaning staff. It's not so easy for a
visitor to distinguish such subtle elements
on some types of floors.
-See installation / description photos and
video
-Dec. 1998
Loan to Fundaçao Serralves (Portugal).
Balka installed the piece in different ways as it
should be in regular exhibitions. After the return
of Portugal's loan, 90% of the fir leaves had
disappeared. We have contacted Balka through
his London Gallery and he decided to send us
more fir leaves. We have now, enough for
replacement.
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- May 2000
Loan to Galleria d´Arte Moderna Bologna
(Italy).
Balka installed the piece himself. By the end of
the exhibition some of the fir leaves used for the
installation are missing.
250 x 175 x 136.2
x (0 10 x 12). 3 x
(0 7, 5 x 11)
1997
Varied measures
Cat. Nº: AC 690
Installation composed by the following items:
-A rusty iron support
-An old wood panel, framed with iron, to be
screwed (3 screws) over the iron support
(fig.4 /Balka on the left side)
-5 old small tins, lined with a very degraded
linoleum
- Follow the hand written installation
instructions by the author.
- Balka has been notified that, upon arrival
to FLC, one of the 3 screws is in a bad
condition.
-See installation / description photos
-Dec. 98
Loan to Fundaçao Serralves (Portugal):
Balka installed the piece in different ways, as it
should be in regular exhibitions. There are more
screws added for replacement.
Condition and presentation problems with Balka’s works in Fundació La Caixa
Notes on the intervention by the artist
* Kröller-Müller Museum. Otterlo
* TATE, London
* Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona
* MUMOK, Vienna
* SMAK, Ghent
* Academy of Fine Art, Warsaw
* Miroslav Balka (photo rachive, documentation)
Expertise and documentation
The works of Miroslav Balka (…) are identified by the precise manipulation of elemental forms, measurements that are in tune with human dimensions, as well as by the delicate employment of carefully selected materials. Balka allows his materials to „ articulate“ themselves insofar as he emphasizes their physical properties, by raising the reverberations of their aesthetic appeal, and also in employing them to convey meaning. The artist works exclusively with found objects in particular waste-products,i.e. objects which are loaded wih traces and as such, in themselves, contribute a narrative.
Comments by an art historian/curator Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna
Quote from an interview with Miroslav Balka about "1120 x 875 x 2”:
“Can you imagine that a few curators bought 100 kg of typical Polish soap, they cut it and nobody mentioned that it didn't smell. As a matter of fact the essence, the heart of that work is its scent. It doesn't matter that it is smeared over the surface. It is about the dissemination of the scent.Nobody noticed the fact that it didn't smell suitable. If I hadn't come, have a look at it (there was no scent at all over there) they probably would have put it on the floor in that form. The meaning of the work would have been completely destroyed.”
Preservation and Re-installation of works by Miroslav Balka - The use of INCCA as a virtual knowledge and information network
MATERIALS: Preservation
Physical components of the installation, e.g. components of ‘tent’
Reserve collection of construction elements, e.g. nails, screws
Reserve collection of ephemeral materials, e.g. pine-needles, ash
Museum Storage Room
Conservation Studio
Conservation studio
Publications, Literature
Conservation reports
Photographs
Construction ?
Documentation centre
Ephemeral materials ?
Information ?
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NON-TANGIBLE ASPECTS: Re-installation
Position, DimensionsMuseum Exhibition Space
Conveyance of Meaning ?
TATE, Kroller Muller Museum, Fundació La Caixa, MUMOK, SMAK, Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw
Conservation Studio - Documentation Centre
Installation reports
Curatorial comments
Video registration of an exhibition
The Artist’s StudioInterview with the artist
Instruction drawings by the artist
Smell
Chemical analysis
Interview with the artist
Laboratory
Network of professionals
Tacit knowledge Tacit knowledge
INCCA network, vastgelegd in Agent record
INCCA network, vastgelegd in Agent record
INCCA Artists Archives: record video registration of an exhibition
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