The challenge today is to consider the conservation and restoration intermobil of contemporary work

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Gabriela Mistral Gallery National Council for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the National Center for Conservation and Restoration intermobil

of the Directorate of Libraries, Archives and Museums intermobil (DIBAM) intermobil invite Chileans and foreigners to participate in the seminar-workshop Challenges Contemporary Art Conservation: definitions and local case studies in the field of contemporary visual arts.
This activity is free of charge and is aimed at conservators, restorers, collection managers, curators, Montajistas, visual artists, gallery owners, collectors, appraisers, and other professionals related to the field of contemporary art.
The conservation and restoration of contemporary art in our country represents a great challenge in terms of the generation of public policies that preserve intermobil and give value to the artistic contemporary academic level and professional performance. First, the restoration of contemporary works very different complexities presented traditional works, intermobil from their materials, forms, contexts and meanings. Also, Chileans have been trained restorers primarily based paint intervention during their working lives and usually specialize in one type of material.
In this context, in the face of contemporary works have difficulty making a diagnosis and to the proposed materials and processes of conservation and / or restoration, including restoration interventions. Moreover, at the national intermobil level is producing a significant amount of contemporary art as part of heritage collections, such as the contemporary art collection of the Gallery Gabriela Mistral, comprising 130 works in Chile in the year period from 1990 to date. While the state invests resources in integrated works (documentation, storage, conservation, restoration, packaging and insurance) and the diffusion of these, at boot time conservation and restoration actions occur serious problems that result Current state of the discipline at the local level.
The challenge today is to consider the conservation and restoration intermobil of contemporary works as a different specialty, with problems, studies and results suitable intermobil for variety of formats

and materials. That is why Gabriela Mistral Gallery aims to address contemporary art and its complexities in this area, inviting analyze, reflect and share issues surrounding the conservation and restoration of contemporary intermobil art, as a way to install the national issues and lay the guidelines point to future intermobil design strategies and protocols to ensure the responsible management of the cultural heritage intermobil in terms of its proper interpretation and appreciation.
Challenge 1-institutional public

and private level raises the conservation and restoration of contemporary art. 2-disciplinary challenges posed by the conservation and restoration intermobil of contemporary art.
This activity distinguishes three types of participation, the first is as the general public, ie, attending two lectures given by two leading experts, to be held on 28 and 29 October in the morning. intermobil The second is as a professional in the field of contemporary art, is an artist, curator, restorer, collector, another day attending the morning and afternoon, and the third as active exhibitor, ie professional environment intermobil that exposes a case specific 28th and October

29th in the afternoon. The latter is aimed at specialists and professionals in the field and is seen as a desk between local professionals and international guests.
How to participate? General Public: stakeholders are invited to send an email to ximena.pezoa @ cultura.gob.cl indicating the date and specific time of interest. Deadline for receipt of mail on October 15, 2013. Professional field: it invites professionals whose performance is as a curator, visual artist, collector, curator, restorer or another, whether from public or private, to complete the attached form and mail it to ximena.pezoa @ culture . gob.cl expressing interest in participating indicating specific day and time. Space is limited. Deadline for receipt of forms on September 30, 2013. Active exhibitor: invites