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Archiving Experience: A Case Study of the Ephemeral Artworks and Archives of Allan Kaprow, Eva Hesse, and Richard Tuttle

by Hannah Soltys

In this thesis, I will examine the difficulties of documenting ephemeral art and the possible solutions that archivists, curators, artists and other museum professions have come up with. I will begin by presenting a background of the history of performance art, which was the impetus for all ephemeral art to come. Then I will present case studies of three artists: Allan Kaprow, Eva Hesse, and Richard Tuttle, and their archival processes, all of which provide very different approaches to similar artistic problems. Finally, I will discuss the implications of re-performance and re-creation of ephemeral artworks.Advisors/Committee Members: Ivey, Paul (advisor), Ivey, Paul (committeemember).