Contemporary sculptors continue to work in traditional materials like marble and bronze, but for over a hundred years they have also been exploring the possibilities of...
Project Case Studies:
In Spring 2008, a project to research and treat Call (1968), a major work by British sculptor Phillip King, was completed prior to the sculpture's display at Tate Britain that summer.
Tate has thirty eight sculptures in its collection which are located outdoors. Twenty two of these are on Tate sites, with the majority at the Barbara Hepworth Museum in St Ives, Cornwall.
Case study of the cleaning of John Foley's sculpture for display at the entrance to the Joshua Reynolds exhibition at Tate Britain.
Restoring works of art to their original condition is made more difficult when no images exist of the artwork in its original form. This is when the "detective work" begins.
