The concept of ruin and the conservation dilemma in contemporary art

Abstract

It  is  known  that  contemporary  art  has  focused more  on  the  triad consisting  on the   figure  of  the  artist,  the  poetics  of  the  materials and  the  art  market,  transforming the   artistic  production  of  unique cultural  products,  valued  according  to  the  demand  of  the   new  and the  necessity  of an  enduring  and  innovative  material  in  relation  to the  idea.  It   is  becoming  less  acceptable  the  possibility  of  aging  of the  work,  to  the  point  that  they   can  come  to  ruin  because  of the technical  impossibility  of  restoration,  conservation   and  preservation that  we  currently  have  available. From  this  point  we propose a  discussion  of  the  concept  of  ruin  in  contemporary  art  through pictorial  representations   of  previous  centuries  with  a  look  at  the history  of  conservation  and  restoration  of   cultural  property  up to the  present times.  With  this  contribution  the  concept  of  ruin  in  relation  to  matter  as  discursive  and  aesthetic  value,  we  investigate what  or  which   relationships  between  contemporary  art  and  thiese concepts  are  facing  the  aging,  to   the  point  of  degrading  himself,  inexorably  leading  to  an  irreversible  loss  with  the   imminent possibility  of  death  of  the  idea