MOBA : Collection Preservation

Portraiture	Landscapes	Unseen Forces
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The preservation of this unique body of artwork is our highest priority, except during the occasional exhibition in a local car wash.

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"Quite often the paintings are covered with dust or other coatings. Years of cigarette smoke can really put a patina on a painting. I tend to use water as a solvent, and I scrub a lot with a toothbrush and the natural sponge."

-- Ethan Berry, conservator

Drive-Thru Exhibitions
Through the miracle of plastic, MOBA presented a shrink wrapped exhibit in a Drive-Thru setting for the harried art lover on the go. Aside from the obvious advantages of the Drive-Thru Gallery, Ethan Berry, MOBA's conservator, believes that the car wash's hot wax may be integral to saving some of the more fragile pieces in the MOBA collection for posterity. Says Mr. Berry, "Like linoleum on a floor, or the heat shield on the space shuttle, a patina of hot wax can go a long way towards protecting the art."
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To Serve and Preserve
Over the years, MOBA has received umpteen bequests from the Public Refuse System, a generous donner. As such, our first task upon accepting artwork into our collections is often dealing with safety issues such as pointy edges, broken glass, and/or parasites.