The following are a few samples of conservation work that Gustavo Perez has provided. He has brought many of the great artist's work back to life with a skill inherent as well as learned. He attended university in Guadalajara, Mexico and has been a restorer in Los Angeles for seventeen years. Among artist's work he has repaired are Chagall, Dali, Neiman, Warhol, Picasso, Erte, Lichtenstein, Rusha, Charlot, Zuniga, the list is long and there are many artworks that cover a wide range of mediums and styles.

Gustavo created a method of cleaning works on paper enabling the paper to be safe. It is never immersed fully in solution, the exposure is completely controlled. On rare occasions an artwork that may have sustained a severe discoloration in spots, known as foxing, cannot be fully cleaned without damage to the paper. If the cleaning is pushed to remove embedded foxing, the paper crystallizes in those areas, leaving it weak prone to future damage through being in contact with any circumstance that can create a suspect exposure.

This Leroy Neiman serigraph has significant matte burn. Graph has significant matte burn. 

The serigraph is now acid free and has been cleaned front and verso.

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After

This is a detail of a document painted on a canvas that has sustained a tear.

This detail shows there is no scar, the tear has been successfully repaired.

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After

This Mark Kostabi painting has sustained a tear near the left margin.

After the tear has been restored the painting has been given a new life.

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After

This is a restored painting by Dawson Dawson-Watson. This painting had sustained significant damage and was in several pieces. After securing the main seven pieces of the painting, cleaning the surface, filling cracks, matching the image to the original intention, the result was completely successful upon completion.

Half of this paper has been discolored, half has been cleaned. 
This is the verso of a serigraph.