Collecting and archiving information from living artists for the conservation of contemporary art
TitelCollecting and archiving information from living artists for the conservation of contemporary art
Verantwoordelijkheids-vermeldingYsbrand Hummelen and Tatja Scholte, with an appendix of additional archival sources by Erma Hermens
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Bron Conservation of easel paintings (2012), pagina's 39-47
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SamenvattingThe conservation of modern and contemporary art as a distinct field took shape due to a new set of controversies. These concerned the varnishing and wax lining of paintings with matte surfaces and the wholesale repainting of damaged colour field paintings, thereby instigating a paradigm shift in the approach to the treatment of contemporary art in the last decades of the twentieth century. More conservators became sensitive to the optical qualities of surfaces and the artist’s original intent. The treatment of contemporary art has become recognized as a sophisticated speciality that must be grounded in the triangular relationship connecting the artist’s original intent, the work itself, and the observer. Conservation professionals should have the widest possible range of methods, approaches, and strategies to assist in the articulation of these relationships.
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