SA: How do you care for the works?
SO: Each sculpture requires different care because they are all made from different materials. For example, one of the works in our collection, by Felix Gonzalez-Torres (above), is made of porous stone. In the winter, water can get into the gaps in the stone and freeze, which could crack the sculpture. So I drain and cover the work in the winter to protect it. But I would treat a metal sculpture very differently.
SA: Do you work alone?
SO: Sometimes the sculptures are too big to handle alone. I may need to be raised in a lift to care for the top of a sculpture, so I’ll work with a lift operator. If the sculpture needs to be repainted, I’ll work with professional painters—the kind of painters who paint cars—because they do that work every day and are highly skilled in it. Sometimes I just need extra hands to clean a sculpture in a timely manner.