The conservation of a contemporary art installation offers the unique chance to deal with modern materials and with methodology issues. A series of simple laboratory analysis have been useful tools to point out the nature of the alterations and the degree of damage of this metal-based installation (steel) and to prevent - through good maintenance practices - further degradation of the artwork “32 metri quadri di mare circa”, part of the collections of the GNAM, Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna in Rome. This installation is composed of 30 steel trays, containing water coloured with methylene blue in different dilutions, whose purpose is to suggest the image of the sea. A careful microscopic observation of the surfaces and the subsequent micro-Raman analysis of the alteration products allowed to determine the state of conservation of the materials and to establish the corrosion mechanisms acting on them, in order to define the best procedures for the maintenance and the conservation of the artwork.
Conservation of a contemporary art installation. A question of methodology. “32 mq di mare circa” by Pino Pascali / Carratoni, Loredana; DI SANTO ALBERTALI, VERONICA ALEJANDRA; Poderosi, C.; Corrias, R.. - STAMPA. - (2015). (Intervento presentato al convegno International Conference Technart 2015 - Non-destructive and microanalytical techniques in Art and Cultural Heritage tenutosi a Catania nel 27-30 aprile 2015).
Conservation of a contemporary art installation. A question of methodology. “32 mq di mare circa” by Pino Pascali
CARRATONI, LOREDANA;DI SANTO ALBERTALI, VERONICA ALEJANDRA;
2015
Abstract
The conservation of a contemporary art installation offers the unique chance to deal with modern materials and with methodology issues. A series of simple laboratory analysis have been useful tools to point out the nature of the alterations and the degree of damage of this metal-based installation (steel) and to prevent - through good maintenance practices - further degradation of the artwork “32 metri quadri di mare circa”, part of the collections of the GNAM, Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna in Rome. This installation is composed of 30 steel trays, containing water coloured with methylene blue in different dilutions, whose purpose is to suggest the image of the sea. A careful microscopic observation of the surfaces and the subsequent micro-Raman analysis of the alteration products allowed to determine the state of conservation of the materials and to establish the corrosion mechanisms acting on them, in order to define the best procedures for the maintenance and the conservation of the artwork.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
