As I See It" A Re-envisioning of Masterworks by Gilbert Young

Restoration & Conservation

Bad things happen. A frame drops off the wall and the glass rips apart your favorite lithograph. A pipe bursts in your home and your original works are water damaged. Your ex spouse is a maniac and has destroyed the artwork the two of you bought together on that last family vacation... Whatever has happened to damage your favorite works of art, Gilbert Young can fix it. As conservator of the University of Cincinnati's multi-million dollar fine art collection for twenty seven years, Gilbert was charged with cataloging, repairing, and restoring works of art, artifacts, sculptures, and any other works in the collection. Now, Gilbert is willing to offer those services to YOU. If you have a work of art in need of repair, shoot some photos of the damage, write a description of what happened and send it all directly to Gilbert at: youngartone@aol.com. You'll receive an estimate the next day. Send Gilbert Young your worst. He can handle it! He repaired this Charles White we found at auction!

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I'm working on a series called “As I See It: A Serial Activism.” It will end up being a celebration of my 60 years of growth as a professional artist. There will be twelve (12) large scale works of art; tributes to Michelangelo’s ‘Pieta’, Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’, Vermeer’s ‘Pearl Earring’, Munch’s “The Scream”, and Picasso’s ‘Woman in the Mirror’, among others. I've just finished the tribute to Klimt. I hope each of the pieces is visually compelling. The first thing everyone will notice is that all my models are people of color. But each also contains a social or political message--some obvious, some carefully integrated in design. My hope is that when the collection is exhibited I'll have an opportunity hear what everyone thinks of it, and I'll get to discuss how my 79 years have shaped my work, “As I See It”.