> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker > > Well, the opening is over, and it was really well attended. In fact it > was a crush of the kind where inching sideways was necessary to > navigate at times. Surprising as Mississauga is not in any way a > cultural hot spot and it was also pretty cold (-9C) and snowing > tonight. > > I'll have to wait until my wife's P&S is emptied to see if there are > any stills to share. I took my K20D but didn't really bother with it. > Seemed more of an enjoy-the-moment kind of evening to me. Met some > friends, drank some wine, had a couple of veggie spring rolls. > Wondered how on earth a few of the works ever got selected, but on the > whole enjoyed the show. > > This was the first year (of 35) that photography was included with > traditional fine art media, so I was proud to have been selected and to > represent the photographic intruders. :-) I printed my shot at 30 by 20 > inches on gallery-wrapped canvas, which I thought was plenty large > enough, but it was dwarfed by the paintings, some of which were > probably eight feet tall. I'd say the size of the average work in this > show is 3x4 feet -- clearly Big Art is In. > > But interestingly the show's First Prize winner was a conceptual piece > made up of a collage of photos. Not strictly Photography per se as it's > documentation of the work which is really an installation, or a series > of smaller installations. I didn't win anything, except for a warm buzz > of participation -- or from the wine; unsure which. > > I've made my shot public again, so you can see it here: > http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8207621870/ >
"Gimme 3 yards of art, and make it look like I've spent some dough!". Glad to see you going for quality over quantity! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
