Digital BW, The Print

Hi Evan:

I recently had an exhibition of my prints, and about half the prints  
were 20x24 matted and framed prints. The other half were 38x38 to  
38x70-inch black and white prints on canvas, stretched on 1.75-inch- 
wide stretcher bars. I really like big prints on canvas, but I also  
like the look of small prints. I also like stamp art, so size is  
really subjective!

The interesting thing that I observed is that virtually no one really  
asked about the smaller pieces. 90% of the people asked questions  
about the big prints, but I think that if I had used all 20x24 frames,  
I think that there would have been questions about them.

You can read about the show and see some of the photos here:

http://tinyurl.com/dnz2rb

All the best,

Andrew
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On Jun 17, 2009, at 8:05 PM, punk_investor wrote:

>
>
> I usually print at 16 x 20 for exhibition, but others in the same  
> shows have printed as small as 8 x 10. Keep in mind though that size  
> is up to the prerogative of the artist. Michael Kenna's prints are  
> usually about 8 x 8 and very rarely larger than that. I think I  
> remember him saying in an interview that the idea was to get people  
> up close and personal when viewing his prints. One way to determine  
> print size is to determine how far away you want the viewer to be,  
> and use that length as the diagonal length of your print.
>
> Jason
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Evan Wolarsky"  
> <wolarsky@...> wrote:
> >
> > I'm curious as to what size prints members of this group are  
> making for exhibition. My 10x15" print matted on 16X20" definitely  
> looked smaller than the others in a show recently.
> >
> > I'm not interested in discussions of the aesthetics, but rather  
> what size do you do currently.
> >
>
>





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