Marta Matray Gloviczki on sat 23 nov 02
janet, are you still awake at 3 am or are you already awake?
on your post it said you sent it after 3 am!
i`ll go to sleep now, because i`ll need to be strong.
tomorrow i will paint all the walls at the gallery.
next time you`ll need a paint job, ask me to exhibit there, ok?
i am getting pretty good at painting :-))
marta
Jeremy McLeod on sat 23 nov 02
Janet Kaiser wrote:
> That would mean exhibitors must take out nails/screws, fill holes,
> whitewash walls & stands and make good any damage, so that the next user -
> whether solo person or group - can be put up their exhibition with a
> minimum of added stress.
Old technology is often the best. Whatever happened to the "picture moulding"
from which one can hang pieces by means of hooks and monofilament line
without putting holes in walls? Were display spaces equiped with flexible and
workable hanging systems, the installation of shows might not render the place
unusable.
I know. Too practical a solution to be implemented. Kvetching is far too much
fun.
:-)
Jeremy
Janet Kaiser on sun 24 nov 02
With all the self-righteous hot air and posturing about
consignment/wholesale and those terrible big bad galleries (of which there
are several represented on this list), I just want to point out that Marta
is exhibiting at the "art gallery of the university center in rochester,
mn". The lousy walls are the result of usage by previous exhibitors...
Fellow artists... Hard-done by painters, potters and the likes... Ah, yes!
From a gallery perspective, just another little item to add to the running
costs of any gallery, which we collectively get bugger-all thanks for from
some quarters not to say na=EFve, thoughtless nonsense to downright
rudeness from others.
When using communal spaces and do-it-yourself venues, it would be useful
for each venue to adopt a stringent and extremely strict policy. They
should demand that each exhibitor/group restores the walls, podia, stands,
etc. and make it part of the exhibition agreement, much as many many
home/apartment rental contracts work in many countries.
That would mean exhibitors must take out nails/screws, fill holes,
whitewash walls & stands and make good any damage, so that the next user -
whether solo person or group - can be put up their exhibition with a
minimum of added stress. Why should universities and other institutions
have to bare the costs of damage done to their property by others? We all
think that public property will be magically restored and kept in order,
but only so much is designated for maintenance and running costs in the
annual budget. Most of which is probably used up by public liability
insurance, security measures and other costs anyway. And all of which has
to be "accounted" for somehow - remember the bean-counters rule the world!
In all fairness, the old maxim "Leave it as you would wish to find it"
should be self-evident, but in the absence of a "social conscience", the
venue should impose hard-and-fast rules. It is unfair for the next
exhibitor/s to have the added, pre-show stress, so... "last out, turns the
light off" should be the rule!
The solution to Marta's Dilemma? A large can of whitewash and a couple of
strapping volunteers. The Student Union bar or gym is always a good place
to find them, if you cannot find a couple in the Art Department, who would
like to learn a LITTLE of what setting up an exhibition entails...
Sincerely
Janet Kaiser - proud of myself for not naming names, ranting too long or
being ever-so outrageously sarcastic!
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On 23/11/02 at 07:26 Marta Matray Gloviczki wrote:
>i am setting up my new exhibition at the
>art gallery of the university center in rochester,mn.
>opening reception: december 4th 6:30-8 pm.
>everybody on clayart is invited of course!
>the title of the show: "textures in clay".
>after turning the lights up last night, it looked
>like the wall has more textures than my clay pieces.
>:-((
>...yeah, textures...and i mean old nail holes, dirt,
>scratches, etc.
>they wont be able to renew the gallery until next
>year, i was told.
>my question is: should i try to cover up the marks,
>fill the holes, wash the scrathes or
>should i volunteer to paint the wall,
>or as a friend advised me: should i buy a huge roll of
>photo back drop paper and paste it to the wall?
>there is not much time and energy left...
>i`d appreciate any suggestion, advice and help,
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Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art =95 Capel Celfyddyd
8 Marine Crescent, Criccieth LL52 0EA, Wales, UK
Tel: 01766-523570 URL: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
Janet Kaiser on mon 25 nov 02
Poor old you, Marta! What happened to all my good advice? Why aren't there
some strapping lads from the student bar / local MacDonuts / church / art
department / labour exchange doing that for you? You should be having a
soak, doing your nails / hair / make-up, sipping a relaxing martini... Not
painting walls!! Oh, well... As you will soon have such good experience,
offers will flood in from all over the world! :-)
Try not to over-do it... You need all your energy for all the other work
associated with exhibiting. Of course you are joking...! No need for you or
other artists to paint walls here... That is Eckhard's domain, although he
is currently sanding and varnishing the floor and jibbing at painting part
of the ceiling where the water leaked in last winter... It is a chapel
after all! VERY high up. No, no... Artists just deliver work and then it is
magically set up for exhibition. I will be starting next week for opening
12th December. This is absolute luxury because we usually have to do a
complete change of exhibition in two days flat!
BTW I hope you are using a roller on a good long handle, not a brush? I
find that I can paint twice the speed with a long handle without tiring at
all... Even high walls are not a problem, because of the physics... I don't
remember the equation re: fulcrum, energy, mass or whatever, but it works
in practice as well as in theory! And another tip... If they are really
high walls, do not feel you have to paint them from top to bottom! Just
paint to a level about 30 cm above which you will be hanging/displaying the
highest. You can quickly achieve a straight and level line using masking
tape. All four walls should be to the same height though, so it looks like
it was intentional decoration.
I wish I lived just around the corner... I'd love to help!
xox Janet xox
P.S. I am keeping to my usual schedule, although we are "on holiday" at the
moment. Usually I spend all day in the Chapel, go home at 6 p.m., make
dinner for us both and then set to work at my PC doing all the office
work... I usually get to bed between 3 and 4 a.m. after a relaxing (!) read
of Clay Art... An "early" night will be 1-2 a.m. So... Yes, I am still up!
People in NY get to bed before me and there is a 5-6 hour time difference!
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On 23/11/02 at 23:25 Marta Matray Gloviczki wrote:
>janet, are you still awake at 3 am or are you already awake?
>on your post it said you sent it after 3 am!
>i`ll go to sleep now, because i`ll need to be strong.
>tomorrow i will paint all the walls at the gallery.
>next time you`ll need a paint job, ask me to exhibit there, ok?
>i am getting pretty good at painting :-))
>marta
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Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art =95 Capel Celfyddyd
8 Marine Crescent, Criccieth LL52 0EA, Wales, UK
Tel: 01766-523570 URL: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
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