The conservation treatment of a contemporary collaged sculpture by Jiří Kolář (1914-2002)

A collaged sculpture of an apple by the Czech artist Jiří Kolář, dated 1972 was presented for conservation. The sculpture suffered from structural damage caused by external factors and ingrained surface dirt. The ethical implications raised in conserving a contemporary artwork were an important aspe...

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Main Author:	Jessica Crann
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Association CeROArt 2010-11-01
Series:	CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art
Subjects:	collage contemporary art ethics tri-ammonium citrate x-radiography art
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/1576

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spelling	doaj-437ceca70016429f9fd6878f4719bbc72020-11-24T23:06:44ZengAssociation CeROArtCeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art1784-50922010-11-0110.4000/ceroart.1576The conservation treatment of a contemporary collaged sculpture by Jiří Kolář (1914-2002)Jessica CrannA collaged sculpture of an apple by the Czech artist Jiří Kolář, dated 1972 was presented for conservation. The sculpture suffered from structural damage caused by external factors and ingrained surface dirt. The ethical implications raised in conserving a contemporary artwork were an important aspect and subsequently an understanding of the materials and structure, the artist’s intentions, concept and meaning of the artwork formed a large part of the research. Combined with this was scientific research into the effectiveness of Tri-ammonium Citrate as an aqueous surface cleaning agent and analysing construction of 3-Dimensional artworks.http://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/1576collagecontemporary artethicstri-ammonium citratex-radiographyart
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spellingShingle	Jessica Crann The conservation treatment of a contemporary collaged sculpture by Jiří Kolář (1914-2002) CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art collage contemporary art ethics tri-ammonium citrate x-radiography art
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title	The conservation treatment of a contemporary collaged sculpture by Jiří Kolář (1914-2002)
title_short	The conservation treatment of a contemporary collaged sculpture by Jiří Kolář (1914-2002)
title_full	The conservation treatment of a contemporary collaged sculpture by Jiří Kolář (1914-2002)
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description	A collaged sculpture of an apple by the Czech artist Jiří Kolář, dated 1972 was presented for conservation. The sculpture suffered from structural damage caused by external factors and ingrained surface dirt. The ethical implications raised in conserving a contemporary artwork were an important aspect and subsequently an understanding of the materials and structure, the artist’s intentions, concept and meaning of the artwork formed a large part of the research. Combined with this was scientific research into the effectiveness of Tri-ammonium Citrate as an aqueous surface cleaning agent and analysing construction of 3-Dimensional artworks.
topic	collage contemporary art ethics tri-ammonium citrate x-radiography art
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The conservation treatment of a contemporary collaged sculpture by Jiří Kolář (1914-2002)

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