28-29 March 2013
Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amersfoort
http://www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/en/icop
The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (formerly known as ICN) invites you to participate in our 2-day symposium: Issues in Contemporary Oil Paint.
In this symposium, state-of-the-art research will be presented and future research aims and approaches will be discussed. The focus will be on the behavior of oil paints seen from various perspectives: from the physical properties of oil paints to the artist’s choices for oil paint in the 20th century, the perception of paintings which have aged over time and conservation issues of (water) sensitive painted surfaces. Presentations will include themes such as:
- developments in artists’ oil paint technology; paint manufacturers; patents
- characterization of modern-contemporary oil paints and surface
- issues of 20th Century oil paints observed in collections
- paint degradation and long term stability
- approaches to conservation and display: Dirt or Patina?
- conservation of oil paintings; practical surface treatment
A range of invited speakers will deliver lectures. A provisional program will be posted on the website c. 15 November. The contents will be published as a collection of extended abstracts, which will be distributed to the participants.
Call for posters
Please submit an abstract (max 500 words and max one photo or other illustration) before December 1Participants will be invited to submit extended abstracts for posters. We will invite a selection of poster presenters to give short presentations.
Registration
Conference fee is 200 Euro, for students 150 Euro. Participants who register before December 1 receive a 50 Euro discount.
For more details please visit http://www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/en/icop