The Twentieth Century in paint
ARC Linkage grant: LP0883309
The University of Melbourne’s Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation has been awarded ARC Linkage Project funding for its research project ‘The Twentieth Century in Paint’. Associate Professor Robyn Sloggett will head this project, which will bring together expertise from across the University, Australia and internationally, especially focussing on the Asia Pacific region. Nicole Tse will receive an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship Industry as part of this grant.
The project will examine new media, pigments, dyes and additives that led to the creation of revolutionary works of art in the 20th century in both Australia and Southeast Asia. It will consider how these materials impact on modern art’s paint handling, performance and permanence. The results of this project will inform the preservation of modern art in Australia and throughout the region.
In Australia the project brings in Professor Carl Schiesser (ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, UoM), Dr Stephen Best (UoM) as well as Professor John Drennan (UQ) and Professor Jane Hunter (UQ). The National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, ArtLab Australia, the Queensland Art Gallery, and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
International partners include institutions across Asia; the National Art Gallery Malaysia (Balai Seni Lukis Negara), the J. B. Vargas Museum at the University of the Philippines, Silpakorn University in Thailand and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SEAMEO-SPAFA) will be important partners in this project. Tate (UK) and the Getty Conservation Institute (USA) are collaborating partners that will also make critical contributions to the project.
For further details contact:
Tim Ould: tould@unimelb.edu.au
Nicole Tse: nicoleat@unimelb.edu.au