Contemporary Art Slide Scheme

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0000 CASS
Held at	: University of the Arts London: Chelsea College of Art and Design   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/library-services/collections-and-archives/chelsea/ ›
Full title	: Contemporary Art Slide Scheme
Date(s)	: 1992-2002
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 248 sets of 35mm slides (approximately 2400 slides)
Name of creator(s)	: Chelsea College of Art & Design

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

35mm slides of contemporary art images collected by Chelsea College of Art & Design, 1992-2002, photographed by Donald Smith or sourced from previously inaccessible private gallery and artist archives, comprising work by artists including Anish Kapoor, Richard Deacon, Jeff Koons, Damien Hurst, Gillian Wearing and Cindy Sherman.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The slides are arranged chronologically.

Conditions governing access:

By written application to the Slide Curator, Manresa Road, London, SW3 6LS. Researchers from the London Institute may visit by appointment.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Reference only. No duplication is permitted.

Finding aids:

A printed list of each set of slides produced is available at Chelsea College of Art & Design Manresa Road Library.

Archival Information

Archival history:

The project was initiated at Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992-1993. It was originally jointly run by Donald Smith, the College's slide curator and the late Stacey Billups, and is now solely co-ordinated by the Slide Curator Donald Smith. The scheme is run on a subscription basis providing sets of contemporary fine art slides from exhibitions in London for educational and research use.

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Allied Materials

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
July 2002