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Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:48:08 +0000

[…] I repeat this mantra often. This means keeping a detailed inventory, using high-quality materials, handling (and shipping) your art with great care, and talking about it with respect. This brings me to . . […]

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By: Mckenna

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:25:19 +0000

In reply to Alyson Stanfield.

Yes! No argument from me! I agree and that is why I stated: “But… surely she was aware and wanted that specific amount of exposure as one walks about the piece.”
That is the power of her installation. I had just heard her personally encouraging and inferring that walking around the installation was important, but then did not let it happen (completely) and THAT was intriguing and fully sides with your observation that it would supercharge the viewers experience.
I love your whacks!

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By: Jan

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:07:28 +0000

In reply to Jan.

Meant to interject that I found out about having to compromise during my 12 year tenure as an Industrial Designer, prior to my foray into the fine art world.

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By: Jan

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:38:16 +0000

Again, while I used to have that ideal; stretching my own linen canvases, multiple coats of rabbit skin glue, oil primed with sanding in between the coats, copper nails, and all that – in this day and age with the economy we have, there are choices to be made. I need to make a living.
I received my BFA in Industrial Design years ago, and of course, in college you are taught to have a purist view of the design aesthetic. I found out that while having a purist design “morality” as it were, most of the world operates under other constraints, and compromises need to come into play or you will starve and go out of business. That’s just the way things are. Thus, in order to price my work competetively so that I have a good ratio of dollars and time spent to dollars earned, producing and selling enough work to pay my bills, I have found that same system of compromises, to the extent I can keep my work as archival as possible while still being able to produce enough of it and at a price point that will allow me to sell 4-5 paintings per week, there are some things that have had to be compromised – I use ready-made canvases, for example. All I am saying is that of course you should treat your work with respect, but, I recognize all too well exactly where my work fits in the “big picture” of all the millions of representational artists out there, and I accept that; yes, perhaps I am jaded, I truly do enjoy what I do, but being a purist is not something that I can afford to do.

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By: Ann Teliczan

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:40:50 +0000

It all comes down to respect. If you respect yourself, others are more likely to respect you, if you respect your work the same is true for that.

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By: Jill Rumoshosky Werner

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:32:46 +0000

In reply to Alyson Stanfield.

You are correct, Alyson. The plastic bags were just for protection in the shipping process in case the box got wet and I do not use them for storage. I wondered if I should have made that clear!

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:19:00 +0000

In reply to Patricia (S).

Gotta agree with Patricia here.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:18:17 +0000

In reply to Philip Koch.

So, Philip, did you start adding this lesson to your classes?

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:17:18 +0000

In reply to Patricia (S).

Thanks for sharing that, Patricia. Between you and Michelle, we have great instructions for making sleeves.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:15:43 +0000

In reply to Mckenna Hallett.

Sorry for the whack, Mckenna.
You can walk around half of the piece. Usually, an installation artist is constrained by the space. And I would argue that the frustration of not being able to get into that corner supercharges your experience of the work.

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