The year’s course program will combine activities in the conservation lab and/or on site, using reproductions or models to a limited degree. We will focus primarily on the conservation and restoration of recent works of art created using poly materials and/or synthetic materials, characteristics which are often found in works dating from the period post Second Word War to the present day.
One of the course priorities is to come face to face with and to understand the complexity of the problems posed by the conservation of these types of artworks. The conservation of contemporary art, often created using unstudied materials and non–standardized techniques, requires new and innovative approaches, which may differ greatly from the established conservation methods in use for works of art dating prior to the XIX century.
Our lab activities will be supplemented with lectures regarding the evolution of techniques, methods and materials relating to both works of art and to their conservation. The objective is to give the students the historical and technical perspective to understand the techniques, the state of conservation, and the history of previous restorations or causal damage to the works of art which will be treated during the course. They will thus be able to make informed choices and take proper action with regard to the knowledge, care, conservation and restoration treatment, management and curatorship of poly material and contemporary works of art.

AA.VV., Arte contemporanea, conservazione e restauro, contributi al colloquio sul restauro dell’arte moderna e contemporanea, Firenze, Nardini, 1994
Arte contemporanea. Le ricerche internazionali dalla fine degli anni '50 ad oggi. A cura di F. Poli, Milano, Electa, 2009 (prima ed. 2003)
Banik G., Cremonesi P., de LA Chapelle A., Montalbano L., Nuove metodologie nel restauro del materiale cartaceo, I Talenti, Saonara (PD), Il Prato, 2003
Bordini S., Arte contemporanea e tecniche. Materiali, procedimenti, sperimentazioni, Roma, Carocci, 2007
Chiantore O., Rava A., Conservare l’arte contemporanea problemi, metodi, materiali, e ricerche, Milano, Ed. Electa, 2005
Crook J., Learner T., The Impact of Modern Paints, Los Angeles, The Getty Conservation Institute, 2000
Kermes, La rivista del Restauro, Restaurare l'Arte contemporanea? Fascicolo monografico, Anno XXVIII, Numero 98, Torino, Lexis, Aprile-Giugno 2015
Giordano R. C., Il restauro della carta, Teoria e Tecnica, Palermo, L’Epos, 2000
Iazurlo P., Valentini F., Conservazione dell’arte contemporanea temi e problemi. Un’esperienza didattica, Saonara (PD), Il Prato, 2010
I Materiali cartacei, Le antologie di ‘OPD restauro’, a cura di C. Frosinini, Firenze, Centro Di, 2006
Modern Paints Uncovered: Proceedings from the Modern Paints Uncovered Symposium, May 16–19, London, Tate Modern, 2006
Mundici M.C., Rava A., a cura di, Cosa cambia, teorie e pratiche del restauro nell’arte contemporanea, Milano, Skira, 2012
Sánchez Pons M., Fuster López L., Shank W., Conservation Issues in Modern and Contemporary Murals, Cambridge, Scholars Publishing, 2015
Shashoua, Y., Conservation of Plastics: Materials Science, Degradation and Preservation, Oxford, Butterworth and Heinemann, 2008), p.215
Parco della pace a Ravenna (Il). Esperienze di restauro del mosaico contemporaneo, Ravenna, Centro Internazionale per la Documentazione dei Mosaici, 2009 - banca dati con schede di restauro (http://www.mosaicocidm.it)
Problemi conservativi dei manufatti dell'Ottocento. A cura di M. Fratelli ed E. Signorini. Atti Problemi di restauro - Giornate di studio, Milano 2-8-15-23-30-Maggiio 2006, Spazio Oberdan, Saonara, Il Prato, 2008, pp. 11-88
Pugliese, M., Tecnica mista. Materiali e procedimenti nell'arte del XX secolo, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2006
Standeven H., House paints 1900-1960, history and use, Los Angeles, The Getty Conservation Institute, 2011
Verteramo R., The age of plastic, beni artistici e industriali, I Talenti, Saonara (PD), Il Prato, 2013
Siti Web
Fondazione plart
http://fondazioneplart.it/restauro/biblioteca.aspx:The%20Getty%20Conservation%20Institute_%20Modern%20and%20Contemporary%20Art%20Research%20Initiative
 Di Pasqua, G., Scardapane, S., Terzini, A., Vico, V., Vito, C., Intervista a Studio Forma Fantasma sulle collezioni Autarchy 2010 e Botanica 2011 - Immagini di accompagnamento
http://www.fondazioneplart.it/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=2RfNahNTKHg%3d&tabid=257&mid=895&language=en-US
 Martuscelli, E., The chemistry of degradation and conservation of plastic artefacts, Palazzo Spinelli, Edizioni Paideia, Firenze 2010
http://www.fondazioneplart.it/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=AGkiiEG-QJw%3d&tabid=191&mid=675&language=en-US
 Martuscelli, E., Plastics artefacts as part of the cultural heritage: conservation issues related to the molecular structure, processing and composition, II Conference 'Diagnosisi for the Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage, 15-16 Dicember 2011
http://www.fondazioneplart.it/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=JZ5EiUqFoJE%3d&tabid=191&mid=675&language=en-US
 Martuscelli, E., Degradation and preservation of artefacts in synthetic plastics, Palazzo Spinelli, Edizioni Paideia, Firenze, 2012
http://www.fondazioneplart.it/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ZPh0CiPnNK4%3d&tabid=191&mid=675&language=en-US

N.B.: il sito fondazioneplart è attualmente chiuso e in costruzione

http://www.getty.edu/conservation/our_projects/science/modcon/

ISCR Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro_ Pubblicazioni
http://www.icr.beniculturali.it/pagina.cfm?usz=2&uid=249&umn=76&smn=141
Interessante indicazione bibliografica consultabile sul sito dell'ISCR

https://www.nga.gov/conservation/publications.html

https://www.tate.org.uk/research/reshaping-the-collectible/research-approach-conservation