{"id":72013,"date":"2018-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/naitus\/anna-maria-saar-on-preservation-and-conservation\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:19:06","slug":"anna-maria-saar-on-preservation-and-conservation","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/en\/exhibitions\/anna-maria-saar-on-preservation-and-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"On preservation and conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-72013 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-square_l'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09-640x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square_l size-square_l\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_09-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2543'>\n\t\t\t\tAnna-Maria Saar\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08-640x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square_l size-square_l\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_08-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2541'>\n\t\t\t\tAnna-Maria Saar\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03-640x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square_l size-square_l\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_03-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2539'>\n\t\t\t\tAnna-Maria Saar\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02-640x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square_l size-square_l\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Anna-Maria-Saar_02-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2537'>\n\t\t\t\tAnna-Maria Saar\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>Will my work be preserved by itself?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dust, humidity, wood stove heating and unstable materials. I am, in fact, doing nothing in order to preserve my work. I have been in the role of a creator not a preserver. Either an attacker or a defender. When am I obliged to start preserving my work? Is it the moment I have completed the work or the moment it starts to fall apart? The next logical step would be placing the work into a box or exhibit in the museum. Is this an issue at all or just a possibility of various options?Is the value of my work based on my personal belief or someone else&#8217;s belief? Do you exhale on my work? If I ask you to open them with care, will you do it? My work is still close to me.At the current exhibition I am intrigued to understand my role and responsibilities as an artist whose work stays home after its completion. I am intrested in the best way to preserve my work. Will I become an archivist if I conserve it? What is the best place of conservation? Who will have the right to take out my work when I create a safe, an archive, or conserve the pieces in a room with the right temperature? What is the secure way? In case no one will ever see the work, will it acquire value during some time or will the presence of a viewer revalue the work?\u00a0My work is exhibited with the same covers it had when touring around the Nordic jewellery exhibitions in Scandinavia. The purpose is to present the worthless material as a valuable one since the pieces express dignity from the start.\u00a0Please take a look. Open it.\u00a0<\/em> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anna-Maria Saar obtained BA degree in the department of jewellery and blacksmithing at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2011. She has participated in group exhibitions in Estonia, Finland and Israel. In 2012, the artist was invited to take part in the Nordic jewellery exhibition &#8220;From the Coolest Corner. Nordic jewellery&#8221; that was touring around Scandinavia, Germany and Estonian in 2013-2015. Anna-Maria Saar&#8217;s first personal exhibition &#8220;Composed Sensibility&#8221; was opened in Amsterdam in 2014. She has also held special projects in Estonia and Western Europe; among the recent ones there was &#8220;Memory Card&#8221; (2016) &#8211; an interactive piece exhibited in the festival of Tartu urban space (UIT). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Artist&#8217;s gratitude goes to the following people who have helped with the preparation process of the exhibition: Merike Alber, Mariann Habicht, Liis Vares, Mirjam Reili, Kertu Viira, Piret Karro. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More information: Anna-Maria Saar <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annamariasaar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.annamariasaar.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Press release by Piret Karro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","exhibition_cat":[2070],"exhibition_tag":[],"class_list":["post-72013","exhibition","type-exhibition","status-publish","hentry","exhibition_cat-a-vault"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>On preservation and conservation &#8226; A-Galerii<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/en\/exhibitions\/anna-maria-saar-on-preservation-and-conservation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On preservation and conservation &#8226; A-Galerii\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Will my work be preserved by itself? 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