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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Not particular to any individual mural, but essential to all of them, is information about what they were made with, how they were made, and how they are holding up. This is the section that is widest open to interpretation and questioning because most questions about the techniques of mural making incorporate multiple factors one of which--time--can never be fully accounted for except by the results of its passage.
Not to be deterred, conservator and MCLA Board member Nathan Zakheim has been at the forefront in developing a body of technical information resting exclusively on mural art. We begin this section with his series of articles published previously in the Newsletter. Muralist Arthur Mortimer and Community Youth Gang Services official Jay Beswick have also produced very helpful articles. In the area of mural-related art law, attorney Richard Solomon, a law professor at Southwestern University in Los Angeles, recently began a new series or articles that began with an analysis of artist's moral rights law as it applies to murals.
Articles are available on the following subjects:
Consolidants (Nathan Zakheim)
Soluvar (Nathan Zakheim)
The Problem of Fading Color (Nathan Zakheim)
Wall Preparation (Nathan Zakheim)
The Problems with Urethane (Nathan Zakheim)
Protecting the Mural Legacy (Jay Beswick)
Dealing with Graffiti (Jay Beswick)
Anti-Graffiti Coatings (Arthur Mortimer)
Making Your Own Soluvar-Like Varnish (Arthur Mortimer)
How To's:
Starting and Developing a Community Mural Project (Arthur Mortimer)
Legal issues:
Murals and Moral Rights (Richard Solomon)
Artist's Copyrights and the Web (Richard Solomon)
You can E-mail us with questions or comments at mcla@lamurals.org
