Date/Time:
20 April 4pm in Los Angeles
20 April midnight London
21 April 1am Paris
21 April 9am in Melbourne
21 April 11am in New Zealand
Tutor: Patricia Smithen
Price: £25.00 (£20 for AICCM and NZCCM Members)
Platform: Zoom
Registration for the event is available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/596753765577
More information: https://academicprojects.co.uk/courses/flattening-modern-paintings-lumps-bumps-and-rolls/
There will be a 55min presentation followed by 15min of discussion.
Modern paintings have their own particular challenges. Treatments devised for a ‘typical’ historic painting (linen canvas, glue size, priming, oil paint and varnish layers) are not always directly transferable to modern paintings. This presentation will focus on case studies of modern paintings treated at Queen’s University in Canada, identifying some of the key features which have helped to target effective parameters for manipulating the paintings into plane. A range of practical solutions will be described which deal with issues ranging from small dents to tightly rolled canvasses.
Patricia (Trish) Smithen is an Associate Professor (Paintings Conservation) in the Master of Art Conservation Program at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, having previously worked at Tate (UK) and the Detroit Institute of Arts Her doctoral thesis from the University of London (Courtauld Institute) was on the Development and Impact of Artists’ Acrylic Paint in the UK. Her research interests include the conservation of modern and contemporary paintings, technical imaging and analysis, modern artist materials, and practical conservation treatments for paintings.
