Posts for: Darkroom317
Apr 22, 2020 08:44:39 #
Inkjet Archival Pigment prints tend to be more impervious to water than Inkjet Dye Prints.
I have a friend who does Platinum/ Palladium printing over inkjet prints with the metals providing a deep rich black. Pt/ Pd printing is a traditional process than means that the print must coated, exposed, developed and washed. In a similar manner I know another person doing Cyanotype over inkjet.
Recently, another grad student was having issues with her inkjet rice paper wrinkling after printing. She sprayed the print with a water bottle to remove the wrinkles the ink in the paper remained the same. The pigment ink stability with water seems to be similar to printmaking inks which often come into contact with water.
Supposedly, Archival Pigment Prints on high quality papers such as those offered by Hahnemühle, Moab and Canson are similar in longevity to Fiber Darkroom Prints.
I have a friend who does Platinum/ Palladium printing over inkjet prints with the metals providing a deep rich black. Pt/ Pd printing is a traditional process than means that the print must coated, exposed, developed and washed. In a similar manner I know another person doing Cyanotype over inkjet.
Recently, another grad student was having issues with her inkjet rice paper wrinkling after printing. She sprayed the print with a water bottle to remove the wrinkles the ink in the paper remained the same. The pigment ink stability with water seems to be similar to printmaking inks which often come into contact with water.
Supposedly, Archival Pigment Prints on high quality papers such as those offered by Hahnemühle, Moab and Canson are similar in longevity to Fiber Darkroom Prints.
Jan 10, 2020 18:47:41 #
GrandmaG wrote:
I especially liked the introduction to this article:
“It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction.” – Harry Frankfurt
On Bullshit, the philosopher Frankfurt (2005) defines bullshit as something that is designed to impress but that was constructed absent direct concern for the truth.”
These contest “rules” must have been designed to impress but alas...it is only BS
“It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction.” – Harry Frankfurt
On Bullshit, the philosopher Frankfurt (2005) defines bullshit as something that is designed to impress but that was constructed absent direct concern for the truth.”
These contest “rules” must have been designed to impress but alas...it is only BS
But it isn’t a contest. It is a call for entry for an exhibit. What was posted isn’t rules but a description of the subject/ topic/ theme
Jan 9, 2020 21:41:04 #
Eric2018 wrote:
I googled some of the words and eventually found t... (show quote)
Thank you for posting the website of the call for entry. I was a bit confused because photo contests don't usually use this language, however, calls for entry for exhibitions often do.
Loosenart is an organisation that exhibits art in Berlin and Rome. I've been planning on entering their Abstract exhibition call. The language used makes a bit more sense because of the level of the exhibition. However, the call for entry that the OP mentioned is still very broad and that is not a bad thing all.
The good news is that this call for entry is free. Most calls like this cost $30-50 to enter.
Jan 9, 2020 09:56:51 #
Uuglypher wrote:
Darkroom317,
Commendably well and thoughtfully expressed!
Apt points cogently made.
Clearly, there is yet a place for the articulate artist!
Dave
(uuglypher)
Commendably well and thoughtfully expressed!
Apt points cogently made.
Clearly, there is yet a place for the articulate artist!
Dave
(uuglypher)
Thanks. I am fortunate enough to have a BA in Journalism in addition to my BFA in art. It makes for an interesting balance when writing artist statements and understanding art speak.
Jan 8, 2020 22:57:01 #
Don't worry. You're certainly not alone. Even as a current MFA student who is used to this language, I am having trouble with this. It is so broad and is rather vague. I understand that they are looking for states of transition. I actually surprised that the term "liminl space" wasn't thrown in there as is one of the more popular buzzwords when I was in undergrad a few years ago.
Probably perhaps, social states of transition, such as the awkwardness of tweens becoming teens and so forth. But it is extremely hard to tell here.
Unfortunately, what I a have found is that this language works as a form of exclusion to maintain a certain prestige and a small circle. I tend to avoid these types of calls for entry.
Probably perhaps, social states of transition, such as the awkwardness of tweens becoming teens and so forth. But it is extremely hard to tell here.
Unfortunately, what I a have found is that this language works as a form of exclusion to maintain a certain prestige and a small circle. I tend to avoid these types of calls for entry.
Jan 5, 2020 23:04:03 #
Ilford Pan F+ 50 ISO
Jan 1, 2020 13:40:50 #
Abo wrote:
How is selling a photo for a profit laundering money?
Not a comment about one photo but rather an issue of the art market and why things somethings sell for the amount they do. It also explains why so many works go to anonymous buyers. It does look like institutions have caught on. It has to do with the source of the money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/arts/design/has-the-art-market-become-an-unwitting-partner-in-crime.html
https://amlrightsource.com/posts/money-laundering-artwork/
Jan 1, 2020 13:34:58 #
Abo wrote:
Your "theory" flies out the window when they sell it for $6.8 million.
Yeah. It's a great way to launder money.
Jan 1, 2020 09:20:11 #
Dave Sr wrote:
Can anyone beat $6.5 million :-) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/10/antelope-canyon-photo-sells-for-record-65m/20230571/
Considering he likely made it up, one need not bother
https://news.artnet.com/market/new-york-times-exposes-peter-lik-photography-scheme-264858
https://news.artnet.com/market/is-that-65-million-photo-sale-for-real-probably-not-196563
Jan 1, 2020 08:45:48 #
Interesting, it reminds me a bit of Tokyo Nobody by Masataka Nakano. He used large format film for this work.
http://www.artunlimited.co.jp/en/artists/masataka-nakano.html
https://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/exhibition/index-3613.html
http://www.artunlimited.co.jp/en/artists/masataka-nakano.html
https://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/exhibition/index-3613.html
Jan 1, 2020 08:33:52 #
R.G. wrote:
Hopefully the creator of that work of art will have learned his lesson. Hopefully next time he'll use gaffer tape instead of duct tape 
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.Eventually the work will go to a museum where the banana will be replaced every so often. Extremely wasteful.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/usd120-000-banana-edition-will-be-donated-to-a-museum
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maurizio-cattelan-banana-collector-1728009
Jan 1, 2020 08:26:13 #
Yes. They are photographs. Cameras are not necessary to make photographs. Some of the plates are rather interesting.
Other artists have made similar work. Among them is Shimpei Takeda: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3b5xkj/shimpei-takeda-123
Other artists have made similar work. Among them is Shimpei Takeda: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3b5xkj/shimpei-takeda-123
Jan 1, 2020 08:22:40 #
R.G. wrote:
Or somebody with expensive tastes? 
Good one.
It really was a performance artist. Apparently he was really hungry.
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/09/786204998/performance-artist-eats-banana-which-was-part-of-exhibit
Jan 1, 2020 08:18:38 #
R.G. wrote:
It's been observed elsewhere that a title can influence how a picture is perceived. Perhaps hanging a picture in a gallery has the same effect by implying a certain amount of significance and importance. I imagine that sticking a hefty price tag on something also has the same effect, either consciously or subliminally.
It's been observed elsewhere that a title can influence how a picture is perceived. Perhaps hanging a picture in a gallery has the same effect by implying a certain amount of significance and importance. I imagine that sticking a hefty price tag on something also has the same effect, either consciously or subliminally.
Yes. The context of the gallery influences perception of artwork. It is a setting that comes with certain expectations, attitudes, notions and norms
Jan 1, 2020 08:16:21 #
Resqu2 wrote:
So if you think that’s crazy I guess you missed the banana taped to a wall that went for $120,000 or something crazy. Then some random guy came along and ate it lol.
The banana is basically an attempt to do something similar to Duchamp with his Fountain. It's rather boring and cliche, yet everyone continues to talk about it both inside and outside of the art world
Also, it wasn't a random guy. It was a performance artist.