Like all things in this world, artworks are subject to environmental and physical hazards that cause corrosion and damage. Yet the helping hand of a conservator ensures that they receive second chance at life. The processes of conservation and restoration alter the general life cycle of birth-growth-decline-death into a new cycle of prolonged life: birth-growth-decline-rebirth.
In contemporary art, this goes beyond granting an artwork a few extra years in this Earth, as it creates a whole new layer of meaning with regard to temporality. Revolving around the central figure of the conservator, ‘Conservator C’s Day follows the footsteps of the fictional “Conservator C” as a way of introducing the daily workings of conservation science as a profession. This exhibition focuses on the conservation and restoration of contemporary art, thus highlighting conservation “science”-from the perspective of culture and art. The curator's humanistic, art-cultural approach allows for the visualization of daily tasks and dilemmas faced by the conservationist, whose work takes place amid the multiple relations formed by the artist, artwork, viewers, and others.
화제의 전시 
