Dear Cons Dist List community, I am Giovanna Di Giacomo and I work at Street Art Today, a street art agency that is currently building the biggest street art museum in the world in Amsterdam. At the moment, we have a collection of 200 artworks, with huge dimensions, such as 9x5 meters. New artworks are constantly being produced, so our collection is always growing.
My role at the museum is collection management and research, which includes extensive work regarding the conservation of our collection. Due to conservation concerns, we are urgently looking for a new material to use as a canvas for our paintings, which lasts as long as possible. Some aspects to keep in mind: - The paints used on it are most of the times spray paint, acrylic paint and latex paint. - The new material must be flexible. - It must be available in dimensions, which allow us to build 9x5 meters canvas and possibly bigger. - The aging process must be slow. - It must be affordable, considering that we have a low budget. - If possible, it must be a material that doesn't require much environment control (humidity/temperature control). Some materials that I was recommended to: - Scenographic fabric, which is used as a background in theater, operas... - General Polyester fabrics - Polyester non woeven material - Sailing cloth - Polieteline fabric - Polipropoline fabric So I would like to ask your ideas and insights about this topic. Mostly, I would really appreciate if you could give me recommendations of brands that supply these fabrics or any other fabric that you consider suitable to our needs. Thank you so much for your help! Best regards, GIOVANNA DI GIACOMO Collection Management & Research [email protected] +31 6 2691 1020 STREET ART TODAYwww.streetart.today [1] | Read our latest post: ’Witnessing Keith Haring’s rebirth [2]'facebook [3] | instagram [4] #streetarttoday NDSM-Plein 91, 1033 WC, Amsterdam, Netherlands Links: ------ [1] http://www.streetart.today/ [2] http://streetart.today/2018/07/04/witnessing-keith-harings-rebirth/ [3] https://www.facebook.com/streetarttoday1/ [4] http://instagram.com/streetarttoday/ ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
