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INTRODUCTION TO MAINTENANCE & RESTORATION
The modern approach to maintenance and restoration issues tends towards minimal intervention, which is to say that the less invasive the remedial work carried out on a sculpture, the better. It is an unfortunate that in the past, a great many fine works have been devalued in terms of both artistic merit and monatary value, by well intentioned but over zealous cleaning and restoration. By the same token, there is clearly nothing to be gained in allowing artworks of cultural importance to rot where they stand.
Taking a minimalist approach to restoration does not however suggest that [cast] sculptures should not undergo some routine maintenance, or reinvigoration from time to time. Indeed some regular maintenance may well prevent the long term deterioration of a sculpture which would eventually lead to the need for extensive (and expensive), restoration. Any maintenance done should however, always be sympahetic to the artwork, the intent of the artist, and not accelerate any deterioration in the sculpture’s fabric.
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