Art Museum Dust Collection: Wearing Away Museum Grounds—Dust Bunnies, White Lies, and New Measures

Authors: COBB, KELLY; MILLER, SEAN

Source: Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture, Volume 8, Number 3, November 2010 , pp. 286-303(18)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

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Abstract:

This Dialog piece details the current collaborative work underway between Sean Miller's Art Museum Dust Collection and Kelly Cobb's textile-based studio project Garment/Research.1 The Art Museum Dust Collection is an ongoing conceptual project that spans more than 13 years and includes dust from art museums worldwide. The Art Museum Dust Collection consists of a plethora of art-related activities and media, including a photographic series utilizing microscopy, dust-collecting actions in museums, dust-collecting equipment, performances, multiples, wearable art, and a miniature gallery featuring an art-museum dust montage mural.

Keywords: textile; conceptual; art; performance; museum; dust; jacquard; apparel; weaving; collection

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175183510X12868938341448

Publication date: 2010-11-01

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