CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Around Picasso: An insight into the relationship between material choices and failure mechanisms MUSEU PICASSO Barcelona, Spain November 29th, 2018 The international symposium Around Picasso: An insight into the relationship between material choices and failure mechanisms is organized jointly by the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and Museu Picasso (Barcelona) in the framework of the R+D Project ProMeSA: Study of the mechanical and dimensional properties of commercially manufactured paint films and their influence in the physical and chemical degradation of modern and contemporary paintings (HAR2016-75131-P) granted by the Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad (MICINN-FEDER), Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigacion Científica y Tecnica de Excelencia). This symposium will provide a forum to conservators-restorers, conservation scientists, art historians and professionals and students from related disciplines to discuss issues such as: 1-Characterization and documentation of materials present in Picasso paintings. -Supports, grounds and paint films. -Re-use of canvases. 2-Failure mechanisms in Picasso’s paintings. -Common alterations and degradation mechanisms observed. -Interaction between artist’s materials and environment. -Interaction between the paint film and the substrate. Factors influencing the stability of paintings. -Correlation between chemical composition, chemical-physical properties and mechanical behaviour. 3-Conservation strategies. Latest research. 4-Display, handling, transport and storage issues on Picasso’s paintings. Guidelines for their preservation to minimize degradation. 5-Case studies related to the theme of the symposium. IMPORTANT DATES -June 1st, 2018: Deadline to submit abstracts. -July 1st, 2018:Notification of acceptance /rejection to authors. -October 15th, 2018:Submission of manuscripts. PUBLICATION Papers selected will be published in a peer review publication. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION a) Abstracts should describe original, unpublished work. b) Authors are permitted to submit a maximum of ONE abstract as a presenting author and TWO on co-authorship. c) Abstracts must be written in ENGLISH d) The following information is required: - TITLE OF THE PAPER - AUTHOR(s) FULL NAME(s) - CONTACT AUTHOR - AFFILIATION - POSTAL ADDRESS - E-MAIL ADDRESS - 5 KEY WORDS - ABSTRACT (max. 500 words) d) Abstracts must be submitted in .doc or .docx, Arial, 10 pt, single-spaced, left-justified. The text should not contain tabs. f) An extended version of the accepted abstracts will be requested for publication in the Proceedings Book after the conference. g) At least one author per contribution is required to register in the conference h) A maximum of 4 illustrations are allowed (.jpeg format, 300 ppi max.) i) Abstracts must be submitted to: conservacion&[email protected] ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
