Q: Is it possible to
regild the edges of porcelain cups and saucers?
It's an irony of art history that, with this show of sixty- four works curated by Daniel Abadie, director of the Jeu de Paume, the support/surface sloganeering can even play into the hands of cultural guardians - in this case those of the host institution, which seems to be attempting to
regild French art's coat of arms.
Works by Maya Eizin, Lars Hillersberg, Joakim Pirinen, Carsten
Regild, Martin Wickstrom, and Ola Astrand demonstrate how different aspects of Fahlstrom's art have been adopted and developed since his death.
For the last nine years teams of untrained worshippers from the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha in Soho Road, in Handsworth in Birmingham, have made regular trips to the Punjab to help
regild the temple's renowned 200 year-old golden dome.
He also employed Galle to
regild the mounts with matt gilding.
Coventry, city of cars and engineering, wants to
regild its tarnished historical image.
The city council revealed last week it plans to renovate and
regild William Bloye's 1956 group showing the industrial pioneers Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdock, at a cost of pounds 50,000 and then move it across the road to Centenary Square.
It seems likely that the eagle cresting was added when the mirror was
regilded in the 19th century.
Notably, the building's dome has been
regilded with $2 million in gold leaf.
The memorial boards have recently been renovated and
regilded with gold leaf.
During the work, conservators uncovered original gold paint beneath its black exterior, which led to the teapot being
regilded as part of its restoration.
The answer was that the blackened teapot was being restored and
regilded to its golden best, and today it will be returned to its position on the front of 73 Saddler Street.