The Parkett Collection Through Susan Rothenberg’s Artwork. The Importance of Knowing the Materials in Contemporary Art
Abstract
The Parkett Collection of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Cuenca is an example of the great challenge conserving a complex contemporary art collection formed by a diversity of unstable materials used in the production of artworks. The artworks in the Parkett collection include from traditional materials such as clay and works on paper to industrially developed contemporary materials like plastics.
In this case, this paper presents the research carried out on one of the collection pieces made in latex by the artist Susan Rothenberg and the importance of knowledge of the materials to establish bespoke preventive conservation guidelines for each of the works.Researching and analysing this type of materials is indispensable; therefore we present infrared spectrum, colorimetry studies, as well as studies of accelerated ageing tests applied to different specimens are included.
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