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Jim Fitzgerald
16-Jul-2012, 07:55
I thought it best to start a new post about my show. We hung 43 carbon transfer prints yesterday. Most I have ever shown and it looks good. For those who may be interested I'll attach the images of the gallery walls. Thanks for everyone's support.
Jim Fitzgerald
16-Jul-2012, 07:57
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ghostcount
16-Jul-2012, 10:40
Looks real good.
I suspect these do not have glass over the print. ;)
andreios
16-Jul-2012, 13:19
Nice indeed. Thank you for sharing with us from the other side of the globe.. :)
jcoldslabs
17-Jul-2012, 05:13
Looks like an amazing body of work. Wish I could attend. Congrats, Jim.
Jonathan
Jim Fitzgerald
17-Jul-2012, 07:34
I should have mentioned that none of the work has any glazing. I stopped doing this years ago with mixed reactions. Yes, the work could be damaged etc. but the beauty of the work I feel needs to "breathe".
Kirk Gittings
17-Jul-2012, 07:37
Looks great Jim. Congratulations. Just hanging them out there without glass. Did you hand out sneeze deflectors at the opening? :)
Jim Fitzgerald
17-Jul-2012, 07:43
Looks great Jim. Congratulations. Just hanging them out there without glass. Did you hand out sneeze deflectors at the opening? :)
Kirk, no because I want to see what tone they will be when the wine starts to fly! Put up the please do not touch the artwork signs but we photographers can read. It's the painters and general public I'm worried about!! :-)
John Fink Jr.
17-Jul-2012, 08:04
Looks amazing Jim. Wonderful work!!!! And presentation!
Jim Fitzgerald
17-Jul-2012, 19:28
Here are a couple more images. First one is outside of the gallery on the wall and the second is on the wall before you enter my solo room.
Tri Tran
17-Jul-2012, 20:35
Looks real good Jim. How was the first opening day?
Jim Fitzgerald
17-Jul-2012, 20:42
Looks real good Jim. How was the first opening day?
They said they had a few people in but not to busy. I get to rest for a couple of days and then get geared up for the opening reception on Saturday. Can't wait to see you again and everyone else.
dasBlute
17-Jul-2012, 20:50
looks like a great show, with strong work; well deserved
James Morris
17-Jul-2012, 21:02
I should have mentioned that none of the work has any glazing. I stopped doing this years ago with mixed reactions. Yes, the work could be damaged etc. but the beauty of the work I feel needs to "breathe".
That's how prints are hung at Point Light in Sydney.
Jim Fitzgerald
17-Jul-2012, 21:19
That's how prints are hung at Point Light in Sydney.
It makes sense to me. Especially with carbon transfer being a 3-D process.
Kirk Gittings
17-Jul-2012, 21:45
It does make sense with CT for aesthetic reasons. And it makes sense on very large prints-look at Gursky's prints-what else would you do? I was surprized to hear that a quality gallery wasn't hanging expensive prints behind glass (or arylic or something) so being a curious fellow.....I looked at the website of Point Light-in the opening shot of the space the prints are clearly under glass....? http://pointlight.com.au/
What did they, artists, galleries, public, do before sheet glass was available?
When it became available who decided on its use or not and under what conditions?
This article is interesting in that it gives some guidelines that seem reasonable.
http://www.milamstudios.com/art/framingart.html
Judge for yourself. Given the nature of Carbon prints I don't see a problem with glassless framing. In the environment were smoking creates the oily residue that covers prints could be an exception. Conservation of the image becomes an issue then.
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Really beautiful, Jim!
But I wish you would not have hung them together which is in art curator's jargon is 'stacking' which is practised from 16th-18th century. Just my two cents (which I do not have ;-) ).
Wish you the best for the success of the event which may help to create a new wave of followers to carbon printing.
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Kirk Gittings
18-Jul-2012, 07:49
I don't want to hijack Jim's thread. I will delete my posts later and clean this up. Quote from your article Curt "Paintings that are not cleanable, such as watercolors, pastels, gouaches, charcoals, colored pencils, reproductions and photographs, must be framed under glass.
What did they, artists, galleries, public, do before sheet glass was available?
When it became available who decided on its use or not and under what conditions?
This article is interesting in that it gives some guidelines that seem reasonable.
http://www.milamstudios.com/art/framingart.html
Judge for yourself. Given the nature of Carbon prints I don't see a problem with glassless framing. In the environment were smoking creates the oily residue that covers prints could be an exception. Conservation of the image becomes an issue then.
Jim Galli
18-Jul-2012, 07:57
BRAVO Jim! Wish I could be there Saturday!
Andrew O'Neill
18-Jul-2012, 11:28
None of my carbon transfer prints are framed with glass... just don't be suprised if you find strands of hair stuck to a print like I once did at a show I had... and cigarette ashes. This was at a gallery in Japan where smoking was permitted. It's human nature to touch, too...
Good luck with your show, Jim.
Jim Fitzgerald
18-Jul-2012, 13:29
As I've said before I'll be in the gallery on the weekends during the run of the show which ends on August 11th. I'll be there on Friday afternoons and stop in from time to time during the week. I live 5 blocks from the gallery. The Ventura county fair runs from August 1-12th. So there will be a lot to do!
Jim Fitzgerald
18-Jul-2012, 18:24
Andrew, it is a nice thing that we do not allow smoking in any of the galleries in Ventura. I'm re-posting a shot from before and I found a place to hang my poster that was done by the Westside Art Walk people. The window is about 3'x5'. I'm kind of hidden but you can see the poster from across the park. This window looks into my solo room. Anyone coming to the show can not miss my mug shot!!
David Higgs
19-Jul-2012, 00:22
Good luck with your beautiful work, I've never ever seen a carbon print other than once in the Musee D'Orseilles in Paris - not many people are practising this in the UK
Jim,
on 2nd of July 2010 you wrote in a thread: "I keep telling myself that one day I'm going to do something with the carbon prints I'm
producing." - and now you are! :) Good luck with the show!
Jim Fitzgerald
19-Jul-2012, 06:52
Jim,
on 2nd of July 2010 you wrote in a thread: "I keep telling myself that one day I'm going to do something with the carbon prints I'm
producing." - and now you are! :) Good luck with the show!
Jimi, thanks for the reminder. There are some possibilities in the works for other shows. I hope to get some exposure and to help expose my local area and the art community to the beauty of carbon transfer photographic prints. It will be interesting to see where this takes me.
sanking
20-Jul-2012, 08:19
It makes sense to me. Especially with carbon transfer being a 3-D process.
I also prefer to exhibit carbon transfer prints without glass. Without glass the viewer is able to better appreciate the unique relief effect of this process. Another consideration is that carbon transfer prints are much less likely to be damaged than most other types of photographic prints. Carbon transfer prints are basically comprised of pigment encapsulated in hardened gelatin. This makes them physically much more like some types of painting that consist of a colloid plus pigment.
One problem you may have with exhibiting carbon transfer prints without glass is expansion and contraction of the print. This problem is especially bad with prints on thin papers when exhibited in rooms where the RH varies a lot. With this type of print and conditions it may be better to mount the print on an archival matte board, or on a surface like Di-Bond.
Sandy
Jim Fitzgerald
20-Jul-2012, 08:29
I also prefer to exhibit carbon transfer prints without glass. Without glass the viewer is able to better appreciate the unique relief effect of this process. Another consideration is that carbon transfer prints are much less likely to be damaged than most other types of photographic prints. Carbon transfer prints are basically comprised of pigment encapsulated in hardened gelatin. This makes them physically much more like some types of painting that consist of a colloid plus pigment.
One problem you may have with exhibiting carbon transfer prints without glass is expansion and contraction of the print. This problem is especially bad with prints on thin papers when exhibited in rooms where the RH varies a lot. With this type of print and conditions it may be better to mount the print on an archival matte board, or on a surface like Di-Bond.
Sandy
Sandy, many fine points as usual. Thanks for pointing this out. My prints are on double weight fiber and rc papers. I have always used Alpha Rag 4 ply mount board and 8 Ply Alpha Rag windows. Temperature and humidity seem to be somewhat consistent in the gallery.
Ron McElroy
20-Jul-2012, 13:12
My prints are on double weight fiber and rc papers. I have always used Alpha Rag 4 ply mount board and 8 Ply Alpha Rag windows.
So are your prints dry mounted in a press?
Jim Fitzgerald
21-Jul-2012, 07:43
So are your prints dry mounted in a press?
Ron, I flatten them in a dry mount press and then corner mount them.
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