Re: SPE and alt update
Thanks. For my large works I do something similar - using brass acorn nuts to fasten works to steel strips which are, in turn, fastened to the wall. Two problems with these kinds of "unique solutions": 1) over time, gravity does its thing and something invariably sags, and 2), the conventional sales-dependent gallery just doesn't not like to deal with the unconventional. Keith On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Clay Harmon <wcharmon@wt.net> wrote: > I'm not really sure how she is exhibiting the ultra large versions. I > curated a show for the Houston Center for Photography about two years ago, > and we used 4 of her prints in the show. But they were just 'small' 16x20's > at the time, and we just used a backer board, plexi and L-hooks to show > them. Since they were being shipped internationally, the cost for shipping > fully framed work was outrageous. So we improvised. > > We also exhibited some fairly large 22x30 platinum prints from Stan Klimek > in the same show, and I rigged up this armature affair made from angle-iron > and strapping and suspended the prints in the armature using very strong > thread. I thought it looked pretty cool and we got a lot of favorable > feedback. I'll send you a jpeg of this offlist so you can see it. This > solution ended up being very economical and had that ad-hoc feel that really > worked with the imagery. > > Clay > > > > > On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:57 PM, Keith Gerling wrote: > > > > So how are these works presented? I've had some success in printing > > very large works, but I'm still at a loss as to to how to hang them. > > Does she matte and frame them? I've tried all kinds of approaches and > > I've found that large work on paper is very difficult to present in > > any kind of cost effective fashion. > > > > On 4/2/08, Clay Harmon <wcharmon@wt.net> wrote: > > > > > I dunno. I have seen some papers available in that size, but maybe she > is > > > just buying rolls and cutting it herself. It is daunting to think about > > > trying to register a negative on a print that large. And I can tell you > that > > > her layers are definitely registered. Just flat out gorgeous work. > > > > > > Clay > > > > > > On Apr 2, 2008, at 7:56 PM, Don Bryant wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Clay, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Another tidbit I picked up from talking shop with her was that she is > > > > making her negatives for her 'small' prints (22x30!!!) using > conventional > > > > film enlarged negatives. Only for her elephant sized prints (I think > she > > > > said these were 44x30) does she use digital negatives. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow! Where does one find paper large enough to print gum @ 44x30 > inches? > > > > > > > > Don Bryant > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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