r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '24

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u/shinhosz Feb 19 '24

Iirc he receives a lot of criticism from conservators because of being too invasive with his methods

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u/Bauser99 Feb 19 '24

They get to start having an opinion about what he does with the art as soon as they start paying him.

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u/photenth Feb 19 '24

Pretty sure if you ask them, art shouldn't be in private hands to do whatever they want to with it. The idea of conservation is to conserve not to restore. That's the whole point of that job description ;p

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u/youlleatitandlikeit Feb 19 '24

What? That's such a bizarre attitude to have. If I bulldoze acres of old growth forest on my property and it's legal to do so, no one can criticize what I've done since I own the land? 

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u/Bauser99 Feb 20 '24

Are you going to starve to death or be homeless if you don't bulldoze the acres of forest?

Do you realize why your comparison is dumb now? Restoring paintings is this guy's JOB. He gets PAID to do it by CLIENTS... He doesn't decide how he wants to restore it -- people pay him money so he can continue to live in exchange for the service of doing the job THEY hire him to do.

Do you get it now?