Program
Program of the Congress
“Casted Plaster : art or craft”
Day 1: Wednesday 22nd of November 2023
9h00-10h00 | Ontvangst/Reception |
10h00-10h10 | Welkomstwoord/Welcome session Zuyd Hogeschool Theo Bovens As ‘former Governor’ and now ‘Member of the Supervisory Board’ and ‘Member of the Senate in the Netherlands’ |
10h10-10h20 | Dagvoorzitter ochtend/Chairman Yuri van der Linden Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed |
10h20-10h40 | Key-note sprekers Ambre Bifulco en Paul Mury Musée Adolf Michaelis |
Theme 1: Sculpture
Hans Arp’s Scrutant l’horizon in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag | |
Célia Lucas, Marta Frade | The process of sculpting and the appreciation of plaster sculptures |
Inneke Schwickert, Ulrike Muller | Gemusealiseerde kunstenaarsgipsen in België. Second best? |
Elisabeth Manship, Alberto Felici, Pierre Jaccard, Giovanni Nicoli, Grégoire Extermann, Gianna A. Mina | Assembling pieces: Constructing an understanding of the process of making sculpture from observing plaster models and final sculptures |
12h00 – 14h00 lunch break | Lunch op eigen gelegenheid in de stad. Tijdens de lunch bezoek expositie en demonstratieruimte waar diverse bedrijven hun vakmanschap zullen tonen/ Lunch on your own in the city. During lunch visit exhibition and demonstration area where various companies will show their craftsmanship. |
14h.00-14.h15 | Middagvoorzitter / Chairman Eloy Koldeweij Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed |
Lúcia Neves, Eduardo Duarte, Marta Frade | Reflections on the restoration of contemporary works in plaster |
Hélène Verrey | De “Prix de Rome” gipsen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen: Originele beelden in een didactische collectie |
Gips voor en door Delft | |
15h00 – 15h30 Coffee/tea break |
Theme 2: Sculpture in the context of presentation (museumcontext)
Revaluation of the plaster cast collections of of the Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb | |
“Spoiled Incurably for Want of a Six-penny Feather Brush”: the Rise and Fall of Ireland’s Collections of Plaster Casts | |
Is a plaster cast a replica or an original? And what function has it in a museumcontext? | |
De Academische Gipsotheek Maastricht: a collection in transition. | |
16h50 – 17h00 End of day 1 | Dagvoorzitter/Chairman |
17h00 – 18h30 | Afsluitende borrel/Closing drink |
Day 2: Thursday 23rd of November 2023
9h00 – 9h40 | Ontvangst/reception |
9h40 – 10h00 | Welkomstwoord/Welcome session Chairman Valentijn Carbo Hendrick de Keyser |
10h00-10h30 | Key-note spreker: Wijnand Freling |
Theme 3 Ornament
Johan de Haan | 17e eeuwse gegoten schoorsteenposten in Friesland |
Cairos Plaster Casts | |
De Silberlingcollectie, Prefab gipsen plafondornamenten | |
Buitenplaats De Paauw. Geprefabiceerde bouwornamentiek in een Europees-dynastieke context. | |
12h00 – 14h00 Lunch break | Lunch op eigen gelegenheid in de stad. Tijdens de lunch bezoek expositie en demonstratieruimte waar diverse bedrijven hun vakmanschap zullen tonen/ Lunch on your own in the city. During lunch visit exhibition and demonstration area where various companies will show their craftsmanship. |
Middagvoorzitter / Chairman Pieter Vlaardingerbroek Gemeente Amsterdam | |
A collection of plaster models at the marble museum in Rance Belgium, a local artistic heritage | |
Gegoten heiligheid. Gispen beelden in kerken. |
Theme 4 Technology
Eduardo Duarte | RéPLICA: Studies of production, conservation and restoration of plaster sculpture |
15h00 – 15h30 Coffee/tea break | |
Claudia Ragazzoni | “La Croce” by Leonardo Bistolfi (Revoltella Museum, Trieste, Italy): restoration, preliminary studies of the execution techniques and informative contents for the museum |
Intervention of Conservation and Restoration in a sculpture by D. Fernando II and Francisco de Assis Rodrigues | |
The intervention of conservation and restoration of the altarpiece Coronation of Our Lady, from the Italian sculptor Giusti with a view to its musealization in the National Palace of Mafra | |
16h30 – 16h45 End of day 2 | Closing by chairman |
17h15 – 19h00 | Afsluitende borrel / Closing drink in town |
Day 3, Friday 24rd of November 2023
9h00 – 9h40 | Ontvangst/reception |
9h40 – 10h00 | Welkomstwoord/Welcome session Chairman Marta Frade |
Theme 5 Restoration
Marta Frade, Luís Soares | The Bust of D. Ferdinand II from Pena’s National Palace |
Ausrine Dambrauskaite, Arnold Truyen | Aspergillus, Alternaria and Penicillium Fungal Infestation in a Plaster Casts Collection |
Nimeto: jonge Specialisten Restauratie en Decoratie in opleiding | |
Non-Invasive Analysis of Alhambra’s Plaster Stucco Using Portable XRF Spectroscopy | |
11h30 – 12h00 | Conclusions congress and closing |
Excursion in the afternoon