艺术 + 工作 | Repairing cracks on Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers

Watch as Conservator Elisabetta Perfetti and the LACMA conservators conduct repairs that will help stabilize the Watts Towers, a mosaic sculpture in South Los Angeles built in 1921 by artist Simon Rodia.

介绍 00:00
Cutting into the sculpture: 01:43
Welding the armature: 06:30
Sealing cracks: 08:07

Read about the challenges of repairing an outdoor sculpture of this size and scale: UNFRAMED LINK

艺术 + Work is an observational documentary showing the care that LACMA conservators put into preserving artworks in our collection. Working closely with LACMA’s Conservation Center, this series highlights the wide range of techniques and tools used by our skilled conservators.

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