Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> OK, guys, every time I go to a local art gallery featuring photography I > have to come back and vent my spleen with this group to get re-grounded. I > attended a workshop today in Charlotte on hand-coloring given by someone > whose work I admire at times; however, in the same gallery were photographs > that we were shown as examples of outstanding hand-coloring work. They > were photographs of dolls in fairy-land landscapes and most of the > landscapes had been heavily over-painted with no relationship to reality or > anything else that I could see. Of course the artist's statement was very > profound and would be a good example for the artist's statements that we > were listing this week. The hand-coloring expert had inkjet photographs on > display in the gallery, too, and she referred to them as giclées, a term > that I have been told is no longer used by any but the most pretentious > galleries since it is French slang for ejaculate! Tina, you might tell her that she is producing lovely "little squirts" ... maybe she will get the message... > Sorry. I spent $125 on a workshop and $100 on materials and I should have > known better. How can I continue to be taken in by the art community!! I > need an immunization shot of some kind. for now the flu shot would be a good start... otherwise, sounds like you have more than learned your lesson... > Tina Steve - --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 12/5/03 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html