Comments on: Labels for your art installation http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html for the Business of Being an Artist Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alyson Stanfield http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html/comment-page-1#comment-43288 Alyson Stanfield Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:23:16 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html#comment-43288 Corrie: It will be interesting to see how this changes. I'm not convinced that prices on labels are any larger/better to see than price on a list. Usually labels are harder to read. But your other points are valid. Things are changing! Corrie: It will be interesting to see how this changes.

I’m not convinced that prices on labels are any larger/better to see than price on a list. Usually labels are harder to read.

But your other points are valid. Things are changing!

]]> By: Corrie Scott http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html/comment-page-1#comment-43283 Corrie Scott Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:42:51 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html#comment-43283 I believe there is a HUGE difference when the price is not on the label next to the painting. Many people look, want, look at the price and buy, but many ( both high end clients and viewers) like the price there to see so that they don't have to look around, ask for the list etc and then see that they don't want it according to its price and then be stuck talking to the gallery attendant when they would rather be looking at the art. Plus don't forget many people are vain about wearing glasses and so to have to look at a sheet of lists makes it harder. The price list is irritating to me as an artist and also a collector of art as I need to keep referring to it rather than just have the convenience of having it on the label. I also believe it hurts sales of art as many are too embarrassed to ask ( and this includes the wealthy) It is an archaic and pompous way of labelling and I know considered to be the way by high end galleries , but I am finding more and more of these same high end galleries putting prices on the labels. Thank God. Corrie I believe there is a HUGE difference when the price is not on the label next to the painting.
Many people look, want, look at the price and buy, but many ( both high end clients and viewers) like the price there to see so that they don’t have to look around, ask for the list etc and then see that they don’t want it according to its price and then be stuck talking to the gallery attendant when they would rather be looking at the art.
Plus don’t forget many people are vain about wearing glasses and so to have to look at a sheet of lists makes it harder.
The price list is irritating to me as an artist and also a collector of art as I need to keep referring to it rather than just have the convenience of having it on the label.
I also believe it hurts sales of art as many are too embarrassed to ask ( and this includes the wealthy)
It is an archaic and pompous way of labelling and I know considered to be the way by high end galleries , but I am finding more and more of these same high end galleries putting prices on the labels. Thank God.

Corrie

]]> By: How to Prepare for an Art Show | ArtVenue Blog http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html/comment-page-1#comment-42892 How to Prepare for an Art Show | ArtVenue Blog Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:50:19 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html#comment-42892 [...] information. If you are in charge of creating your own placards, Alyson B Stanfield’s article on exhibit labels is quite useful, so take a quick read before you whip some [...] [...] information. If you are in charge of creating your own placards, Alyson B Stanfield’s article on exhibit labels is quite useful, so take a quick read before you whip some [...]

]]> By: steveg http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html/comment-page-1#comment-42524 steveg Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:03:22 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html#comment-42524 For some cases, yes it would be a mistake to assume personal mobile phones as the only access/entry point into the artwork. For this particular show, it was amongst a closed population that's providing applications and software support for mobile devices, so no it was not unfair or ignoring a segment of the expected audience. If someone didn't have a phone which could utilize the QR code, we actually wondered what kind of social interaction might occur? Would people share their screens? Would there be any way to qualify a 'divide'? It was also being used to augment and not replace, so again not really a 'fairness' issue. The main purpose for the show was to experience the artwork of colleagues in an environment where people gathered to hear technical discussions. The QR code usage was a sideline extension and wasn't played up as integral to the pieces being displayed. It was meant as an additional channel to re-contextualize the Artist's Statement paradigm. I do understand that there are issues with accessibility when assuming everyone in an audience fits a particular requirement. As artist and curators, we need to be vigilant that we check requirements of the targeted audience against the goal of our communication. For some cases, yes it would be a mistake to assume personal mobile phones as the only access/entry point into the artwork.

For this particular show, it was amongst a closed population that’s providing applications and software support for mobile devices, so no it was not unfair or ignoring a segment of the expected audience. If someone didn’t have a phone which could utilize the QR code, we actually wondered what kind of social interaction might occur? Would people share their screens? Would there be any way to qualify a ‘divide’?

It was also being used to augment and not replace, so again not really a ‘fairness’ issue. The main purpose for the show was to experience the artwork of colleagues in an environment where people gathered to hear technical discussions. The QR code usage was a sideline extension and wasn’t played up as integral to the pieces being displayed. It was meant as an additional channel to re-contextualize the Artist’s Statement paradigm.

I do understand that there are issues with accessibility when assuming everyone in an audience fits a particular requirement. As artist and curators, we need to be vigilant that we check requirements of the targeted audience against the goal of our communication.

]]> By: Alyson Stanfield http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html/comment-page-1#comment-42506 Alyson Stanfield Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:44:48 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html#comment-42506 Jocelyn: This is an interesting post. I recently saw a show where you had to have a cell phone to snap a picture to see what was inside (hole very small and up very high). It was done this way on purpose - to bring up issues of accessibility and limitations. Jocelyn: This is an interesting post. I recently saw a show where you had to have a cell phone to snap a picture to see what was inside (hole very small and up very high). It was done this way on purpose – to bring up issues of accessibility and limitations.

]]> By: Jocelyn Ireson-Paine http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html/comment-page-1#comment-42491 Jocelyn Ireson-Paine Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:03:53 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html#comment-42491 "I’m helping put together an art show that will use QR codes as a portal to extend the artist statement and minimize the amount of text on the artwork itself." So the reader can see the extra text only if they have a mobile device? Isn't that unfair to people who don't? “I’m helping put together an art show that will use QR codes as a portal to extend the artist statement and minimize the amount of text on the artwork itself.”

So the reader can see the extra text only if they have a mobile device? Isn’t that unfair to people who don’t?

]]> By: C http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html/comment-page-1#comment-42090 C Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:48:24 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html#comment-42090 Thanks Alyson. You raise a good point! Thanks Alyson. You raise a good point!

]]> By: Alyson Stanfield http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html/comment-page-1#comment-42086 Alyson Stanfield Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:43:49 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html#comment-42086 C: You can probably buy them at an office supply store. But I've never seen these labels look good in an installation. They get air pockets behind the label, which discolors them and they become distracting. Maybe they make them better now, but they used to look pretty crappy after they were up for awhile. C: You can probably buy them at an office supply store.

But I’ve never seen these labels look good in an installation. They get air pockets behind the label, which discolors them and they become distracting. Maybe they make them better now, but they used to look pretty crappy after they were up for awhile.

]]> By: C http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html/comment-page-1#comment-42085 C Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:36:34 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html#comment-42085 Hi All, I'd like to print labels but with adhesive, and a clear background so that only the letters are visible. These will be placed on clear plexiglass panels. Any suggestions on where I can get labels like these? Perhaps a standard p-touch machine will do? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you! -C Hi All,

I’d like to print labels but with adhesive, and a clear background so that only the letters are visible. These will be placed on clear plexiglass panels. Any suggestions on where I can get labels like these? Perhaps a standard p-touch machine will do?

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

-C

]]> By: Alexis http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html/comment-page-1#comment-41675 Alexis Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:04:38 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/10/labels-for-your-art-installation.html#comment-41675 Thanks for all of the tips and suggestions here. I have my very first exhibit opening in Chicago on Sept 1, so this is very timely :) Thanks for all of the tips and suggestions here. I have my very first exhibit opening in Chicago on Sept 1, so this is very timely :)

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