The challenges facing the conservation of public art in an urban landscape: the case of the monumental fountain in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract
The city of Sao Paulo is a territory of multiple values and vicissitudes linked to the changes in the use of its public spaces that directly interfere with the material conservation of its collection of public art. Just by sharing the space with other ever-changing urban elements, those pieces of art, just like their surroundings, are also constantly updated for the passerby´s; it can be preserved or even destroyed. By analyzing the process of degradation and conservative actions of the Monumental Fountain of the Julio Mesquita Square (1927), built by Nicolina Vaz, this article aims to offer reflections on the effectiveness of physical conservation acts of public art when detached of the study of changes of interaction with urban spaces. Archival research, field analysis and imagery resources, reaffirm the fountain´s conservative acts history, associating it with its surrounding urban modifications. The article intends to contribute to enriching discussions on public official´s need to interact conservative acts of monuments with adequate preservation of Sao Paulo´s squares.
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