This collection of papers from the ICON Paintings Group Conference: 'Modern Conservation: What's new?' (2014) discusses various aspects of modern conservation including: the deterioration and conservation of contemporary works of art and problems posed by it; appraisal of new conservation materials and their properties; new and innovative techniques that are being developed and used to address conservation problems; or new and novel ways of using traditional or well-known materials already in the conservator's tool kit. Authors consider recent developments in wet cleaning systems for unvarnished modern and contemporary painted surfaces; the treating of and removal of liquefying paint; an evaluation of adhesives, consolidants and retouching media for the conservation and treatment of paintings on transparent plastic supports; and a review of rigid stretcher insert systems, their materials and applications. Papers include a number of case studies, exploring modern conservation materials and complex ethical issues.
Contents: In search of a solution for softening and weeping paints in contemporary paintings by Tal R and Frank van Hemert - Ida Bronken Kinesio tape: conservation science meets sports medicine - Anna Krez Lascaux Acrylic Dispersion 498HV and Medium for Consolidation 4176 used as Consolidants in Two Very Different Practical Case Studies - Jim Dimond Laropal A81 as an alternative to MS2A and other resins: a practical discussion - Sophie Reddington A summary of recent developments in wet surface cleaning systems: unvarnished modern and contemporary painted surfaces - Bronwyn Ormsby Using a categorisation framework to simplify a complex approach to the conservation of modern art - Taeeun Kim Vibration Management for Canvas Paintings: A Review of Rigid Stretcher Insert Systems, their Materials and Applications - Laura Hinde Cleaning Off Liquefying Paint - Line Blomsterberg Andersen Consultancy, Assistance and Participation: Ethical Consequences of Conservation and Artistic Team Transgressions - Miroslaw Wachiwiak Conservation Issues Related to the use of Auxiliary Supports in Treatment of Modern Paintings of Untypical Technical Structure on the Example of Works from the Series Hors Cadre by Aleksander Kobzdej - Slawomir Kaminski
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Acknowledgements
A summary of recent developments in wet surface cleaning systems: unvarnished modern and contemporary painted surfaces
Bronwyn Ormsby, Melinda Keefe, Alan Phenix and Thomas Learner
Cleaning off liquefying paint
Line Blomsterberg Andersen, Katarina Havermark and Kathrine Segel
In search of a solution for softening and weeping paints in contemporary paintings by Tal R and Frank van Hemert
Ida Bronken, Jaap Boon and Anna Vila
Lascaux acrylic dispersion 498HV and Medium for Consolidation 4176 used as consolidants in two very different practical case studies
Jim Dimond
Laropal A81 as an alternative to MS2A and other resins
Sophie Reddington
Kinesio tape: conservation science meets sports medicine
Anna Krez
Vibration management for canvas paintings: a review of rigid stretcher insert systems,
their materials and applications
Laura Hinde
Conservation – artistic transgressions. Ethical issues related to conservators’
participation within artistic actions questioning or redefining objects’ integrity
Miroslaw Wachowiak and Slawomir A. Kamiński
Conservation issues related to the use of auxiliary supports in the treatment of modern paintings with untypical technical structures – as in works from the
series Hors cadre by Aleksander Kobzdej
Slawomir A. Kamiński and Miroslaw Wachowiak
Using a categorisation framework to simplify a complex approach to the conservation of modern art
Eunjin Kim and Taeeun Kim
Review :
"Not only does this publication highlight the innovative practice of conservators working today, it also provides practical information making it a very useful reference book"
"On the whole this is a useful publication with anecdotal and practical information that can aid conservators in their work, as well as serving as an excellent reminder for us all to consider papers both constructively and critically before applying them to our practice. There is always something that we can learn from each other through our practical triumphs as well as our technical challenges in the conservation of paintings." Amber Kerr
"Es de destacar la voluntad de celeridad en su publicación que, según los editores, ha estado motivada por la necesidad de la inmediatez y renovación constante en el contexto de la conservación-restauración, lo que sería deseable en otras muchas publicaciones de nuestro ámbito. También es conveniente señalar que se trata de una referencia bibliográfica con un amplio enfoque, hecho que se evidencia en la heterogénea procedencia de los autores, entre los que se incluyen restauradores de la Tate Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Getty Conservation Institute, así como conservadores-restauradores de museos daneses, noruegos, holandeses, polacos y coreanos, técnicos de la industria y restauradores de la empresa privada."
