We use the past tense version “American, born Sweden”,
and try to be fairly consistent with it.
But I’ve got a related question: Does this affect
what you consider to be the culture of the object, then? We made an
almost arbitrary decision that the culture of the object had to match the
nationality of the artist. We use the geography fields to denote where
the object was made. Alfred Stieglitz only makes “American”
objects, even when he has taken pictures in France
This hasn’t been completely satisfactory, as we have
British photographers who have worked all of their lives in Japan, but who have
maintained their British nationality. Should these be considered “British”
pictures or “Japanese”? Putting “British and Japanese”
as the culture seems a little strange.
David
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Our standards
include both options, on an artist-by-artist basis, regularly reviewed for
consistency by my department, and reviewed by curatorial chiefs once or twice a
year.
For example, we
have both:
American, born
Sweden
American and
Swedish
Jeri
Jeri Moxley
Manager, Collection and Exhibition Technologies
Collection Management and Exhibition Registration
The Museum of Modern Art
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Tel. (212) 708-9599 Fax. (212) 333-1102
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Hi folks…apologies if
we’ve covered this recently…
Has anyone determined a
standard for recording the nationality for artists who are citizens of two
countries and need to be noted as such? We usually say for instance
“American (born France)” but I have an inquiry from a curator
wanting the artist’s display name to include a dual nationality without
the pesky past tense.
Thanks,
Jessica
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