Archival Best Practices for Painters and Collectors
August 1 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$25.00
Is it important that contemporary art last hundreds of years?
Synopsis: Museums around the world are filled with paintings dating from the Middle Ages that have improved with age and have required minimal conservation while iconic 20th century art is failing at an alarming rate. What has happened, can we still produce legacy oil paintings and what technologies have succeeded and which have failed?
The presentation and discussion will touch on the archival issues of:
- Support Structures
- A brief discussion of pH. What does it really mean?
- Canvas
- Panels
- Sizing
- Grounds
- Drawings and underpaintings
- Time permitting, a discussion around one of the most controversial topics in oil painting today.