Conserving Outdoor Sculpture

Conserving Outdoor Sculpture
Author: Brian B. Considine
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1606060104

When the J. Paul Getty Museum received 28 sculptures from the collection of Ray & Fran Stark, it found itself suddenly in the forefront of the evolving field of outdoor sculpture conservation. This volume charts presents an account of the challenges & how the J. Paul Getty Museum staff met them.

The Conservation of Sculpture Parks

The Conservation of Sculpture Parks
Author: Sagita Mirjam Sunara
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Ceramics
ISBN: 9781909492585

This publication includes papers presented at the three-day international conference SPark: Conservation of Sculpture Parks that took place in Sisak, Croatia, in September 2015. The contributions to this volume address aspects relating to the preservation, maintenance and protection of open-air sculpture and sculptural landscapes based on case studies in Europe, North America and Australia. Sculpture parks are found in a range of settings -urban, rural, forest, coastal, desert - each facing challenges in relation to its location, climate and management such as negligence and vandalism (including graffiti) and material degradation: physical damage, corrosion, fading and flaking paint, biological growth etc. The authors, sometimes after discussions with the artists themselves, consider methods of conservation and management of both the sculpture park environment and collections of artworks made of different materials: wood, metals and alloys, ceramic, stone, concrete, glass, composites etc.

The Care of Bronze Sculpture

The Care of Bronze Sculpture
Author: Patrick V. Kipper
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Bronze sculpture
ISBN: 9780964726918

"This book was written for the collector of newer sculpture that has been cast and/or fabricated in bronze. Step by step instructions have been given in order to guide the collector through the various steps of maintaining bronze surfaces and their patinas (colorations) for indoor as well as outdoor environments, in order that these surfaces and their existing patinas may be protexcted and enjoyed for many years. This book is not intended as a guide for maintenance of antique bronze sculpture nor those of antiquity."--Page 5

Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore

Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore
Author: Cindy Kelly
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2011-06-10
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 080189722X

Tells the stories behind Baltimore's monuments. From the twentieth-century sculpture of the Inner Harbor's Baltimore Renaissance to the nineteenth-century splendor of Mount Vernon Place, this work invites us to see Baltimore in a fresh perspective.

A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas

A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas
Author: Carol Morris Little
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780292760363

Traces the history of outdoor sculpture in Texas, and features brief descriptions of over eight hundred works, each with the artist's name, birth date, and nationality, the sculpture's date, type, size, material, location, and source of funding, and comments. Grouped by city.

Keep It Moving?

Keep It Moving?
Author: Rachel Rivenc
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1606065378

Kinetic art not only includes movement but often depends on it to produce an intended effect and therefore fully realize its nature as art. It can take a multiplicity of forms and include a wide range of motion, from motorized and electrically driven movement to motion as the result of wind, light, or other sources of energy. Kinetic art emerged throughout the twentieth century and had its major developments in the 1950s and 1960s. Professionals responsible for conserving contemporary art are in the midst of rethinking the concept of authenticity and solving the dichotomy often felt between original materials and functionality of the work of art. The contrast is especially acute with kinetic art when a compromise between the two often seems impossible. Also to be considered are issues of technological obsolescence and the fact that an artist’s chosen technology often carries with it strong sociological and historical information and meanings.

Conserving Outdoor Painted Sculpture

Conserving Outdoor Painted Sculpture
Author: Lydia Gertruda Maria Beerkens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2014-10-15
Genre: Outdoor sculpture
ISBN: 9781937433222

Proceedings from the interim meeting of the Modern Materials and Contemporary Art Working Group of ICOM-CC, Kroller-Muller Museu, Ooterlo, the Netherlands, June 4-5, 2013.