Christopher Knight considers whether sculpture replicas should be included in museum shows in LA Times Culture Monster
Let's say a sculpture has been destroyed and the artist who made it is
no longer alive, but a museum has the capacity to make a reasonable
replica. Should the copy be included in an exhibition?
That
knotty question arises in the case of Jack Goldstein, an admired artist
whose sculptures are currently included in "It Happened at Pomona: Art
at the Edge of Los Angeles, 1969-1973." The show is on view through Feb.
19 at the Pomona
College Museum of Art. Goldstein, who died in 2003, is known today primarily as a painter,
although he made films, photographs, sound pieces and other works as
well. But as a graduate student at CalArts he also made a few
sculptures, some of which were shown at Pomona 40 years ago. None
survive. Full Article