----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Miller" <jmmiller@xxxxxxxx>
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: Suggestions for hanging an exhibit
I have to agree - 16" between photographs or paintings sounds like a lot of room. Maybe hanging a show in a gallery large enough to leave that much space between images is something we can all aspire to {:->
Marilyn
While I would tend to agree with these suggestions, 16" between hanging wall art might be a luxury. For example, a horizontal 16x20 plus the 16" would be three feet of wall space. In a small gallery you could run out of wall space very quickly. It would be nice to have that much space, but I think you can get by will less.
On Sep 22, 2004, at 1:49 PM, Marilyn wrote:
Recently, on PhotoForum, there was a discussion about hanging art for an exhibit.
Here are some suggestions I received from someone who has a very long list of accomplishments in the world of art. I just thought I'd pass them along.
Marilyn
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Here are a few ideas for displaying your art at your show.
a.. Center of all hanging art to be at a particular height (60"-63")
b.. All wall art framed or have clean finished edges (no staple canvas edges showing)
c.. No stacked art unless painted in a series to be sold as one piece (triptych, etc)
d.. At least 16" between hanging wall art
e.. Name, title tags, lower right hand corner (set a number of inches)
f.. Sculpture on pedestals not blocking hanging art
g.. Groupings of art, have a sense of symetry and logical order in regards to height, widths, concepts
Joe Miller
