Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3-5, 2019

This innovative volume is the first to address the conservation of contemporary art incorporating biological materials such as plants, foods, bodily fluids, or genetically engineered organisms. Eggshells, flowers, onion peels, sponge cake, dried bread, breast milk, bacteria, living organisms-these...

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