A Crumb(ling) Display: Conserving Bread in the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

Mirta Pavic; Jasna Jablan; Ivana Bacic; Harald Matthias Fitzek

A Crumb(ling) Display: Conserving Bread in the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

Mirta Pavic, Jasna Jablan, Ivana Bacic, Harald Matthias Fitzek

Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis (5190)

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Abstract

Nailed Bread (1973) is a conceptual work by the artist Dragoljub Raša Todosijević in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. It consists of a piece of bread into which three nails have been hammered. Over the several decades of its existence, it has begun to show signs of decay. In 2010 it was consolidated with a solution of Paraloid B-72 in ethanol, and was subjected to gamma irradiation. Eight years later, again changes were noted and further consolidation was deemed necessary. Four consolidants were tested with the aim of comparing their characteristics and determining the most appropriate for use: Paraloid B-72 (same as previously used), Mowilith 50, Aquazol 200, and Aquazol 500.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art
Subtitle of host publication	An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3–5, 2019
Editors	Rachel Rivenc, Kendra Roth
Place of Publication	Los Angeles
Publisher	Getty Conservation Institute
Chapter	21
Pages	199-207
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781606067673
ISBN (Print)	9781606066881
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3–5, 2019 - Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico Duration: 3 Jun 2019 → 5 Jun 2019

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Conference	An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3–5, 2019
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Mexico City
Period	3/06/19 → 5/06/19

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Pavic, M., Jablan, J., Bacic, I., & Fitzek, H. M. (2022). A Crumb(ling) Display: Conserving Bread in the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. In R. Rivenc, & K. Roth (Eds.), Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art: An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3–5, 2019 (pp. 199-207). Getty Conservation Institute. https://www.getty.edu/publications/living-matter/about/

A Crumb(ling) Display: Conserving Bread in the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. / Pavic, Mirta; Jablan, Jasna; Bacic, Ivana et al.
Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art: An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3–5, 2019. ed. / Rachel Rivenc; Kendra Roth. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2022. p. 199-207.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Pavic, M, Jablan, J, Bacic, I & Fitzek, HM 2022, A Crumb(ling) Display: Conserving Bread in the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. in R Rivenc & K Roth (eds), Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art: An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3–5, 2019. Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, pp. 199-207, An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3–5, 2019, Mexico City, Mexico, 3/06/19. <https://www.getty.edu/publications/living-matter/about/>

Pavic M, Jablan J, Bacic I, Fitzek HM. A Crumb(ling) Display: Conserving Bread in the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. In Rivenc R, Roth K, editors, Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art: An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3–5, 2019. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute. 2022. p. 199-207

Pavic, Mirta ; Jablan, Jasna ; Bacic, Ivana et al. / A Crumb(ling) Display: Conserving Bread in the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art: An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3–5, 2019. editor / Rachel Rivenc ; Kendra Roth. Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute, 2022. pp. 199-207

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