Restoring Art

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I was reading the peggy guggeniheimn catolouge for scholl and i was shocked at how rough she was on the art and how much repair the fiolks did. Not only restorian,but rebuilding sections of cornell boxes, taking the patina of brancusci sculptures, restringing clader mobiles. Then i was taking to someone who restores things at Vancouver , he is shocked at how much they replace , oftenb doing more harm then good.
So should we restore art , how far should we go , isnt the processes of age and remberence one of the symbolic problems w. history , any history ? And if things are lost and destyroyed they become perfect, they grow large and ripe in our memories ?

― anthony, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm all for restoring canvases.

― Pete, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If something is broken, then, yes, I would prefer to have it restored. It all depends on how bad it is. If it doesn't influence the appreciation of the piece, then I would leave it. I find it funny how some people think patina (or even cracks) is a must when it comes to antiques.

― helenfordsdale, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't see a problem with patination.

― richard john gillanders, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ad Reinhardt sometimes gave his famous black paintings a nice new coat of paint if they got scuffed in transit.

― Michael Daddino, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i think we should paint over everything and start again: make the phrase y2k mean something again

― mark s, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

mark s, would you mind terribly steering clear of the Sistine Chapel? That's the best case for art restoration I can think of right now.

To answer anthony's question, it can be beautiful when conservationists remove layers of ugly shellac from a painting to reveal what looks like fresh oil paint. It's probably not as hard on the oil paintings as it would be on other works. It's weird when the restorers find whole new figures or other compositional elements that have been painted over. For those, it's interesting to see the X-rays, but if the artist decided to paint over them, it's probably best to leave it

― felicity, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

blimey felicity they only just restored the SC!! does it need doing again? a quick whitewash every three years is my suggestion

minimalist alternative: paint in manga eyes and mickey mouse gloves, on all art => it will be better (someone with photoshop skillz can prove this, too)

― mark s, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Okay, but only if the manga eyes get painted over the ladies' nipples and the Mickey Mouse gloves go over the mens' privates.

― felicity, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Now it's a Ken Russell film.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

joint turner prize for mark and felicity!!

― mark s, Wednesday, 16 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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