Conservators at Work Series: Architectural Paint
By: Preservation of Monuments Board with support from National Library Singapore
Saturday, 21 March 2009
2 pm – 3 pm
Visitors’ Briefing Room, Level 1
National Library Building
The use of paint as a finishing surface in architectural settings is ubiquitous to the point of being taken for granted. Often, colour schemes are changed at will, depending on aesthetic fads as well as availability of materials. Through a careful analysis of the accumulated paint layers, useful information could be unearthed and added to the knowledge of architectural development and history.
The analysis of paint layers is a well-established technique that is commonly employed in the technical study of paintings. Various established techniques, which had been used in extracting information from paint samples, will be highlighted in this talk. In addition, the application of such technical analysis in actual case studies of architectural paint will be discussed. Finally, the challenges and limitations of such analysis will be broached.
About the Speaker
Lawrence Chin is currently an independent paintings conservator based at the NUS Museum. Previously, while working at the Heritage Conservation Centre, he led 2 architectural paint analysis projects at the NUS Museum Baba House and the Clifford Pier. Lawrence’s key responsibilities included implementing preventive measures and carrying out conservation treatments for the collections of the National Heritage Board. Besides his specialisation in paintings conservation, Lawrence’s other research interests are centred on the historical development of artists’ materials and the long-term preservation of contemporary art.
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