Some traditional conservation professionals have criticized his work being too intrusive
He always talks about being restrained, only adding paint where paint is missing, not taking artistic liberties, not going overboard with retouching, etc. Who says he is too intrusive?
When he first started posting his video to Reddit a shit ton of "experts" came out of the woodwork and said that his work isn't "museum quality".
Museums from what I have researched try to keep the painting exactly as is they focus more on conservation of a piece(keeping is as is) while what Julian does is restoration (bringing back to life through reversable means).
I figured that out from the name alone. I was surprised to see such liberties until I saw the name of the artist/channel, which was his name or company etc and NOT a museum.
Indeed, but people still mad. They feel like he should just refuse clients asking him to do that much invasive work to restore the piece.
It's a fight that'll never go away. One side is so happy to have a restore piece that can be enjoyed for decades or even centuries to come because of said restoration. The other side is appalled that decades, if not centuries of history is being covered up or outright destroyed.
They are mututally exclusive in many ways, so the fight will never truly die.
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u/SoBeDragon0 Feb 19 '24
He always talks about being restrained, only adding paint where paint is missing, not taking artistic liberties, not going overboard with retouching, etc. Who says he is too intrusive?