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Post by epicfai on Jun 5, 2010 18:22:53 GMT -8
what are we looking at here weezy? problem with the previous mounting? |
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Post by Weezy on Jun 5, 2010 18:26:10 GMT -8
Solution... Attachments:
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Post by epicfai on Jun 5, 2010 18:32:36 GMT -8
aha...looks great. nice and clean.
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Post by Weezy on Jun 5, 2010 18:32:37 GMT -8
This is the frame I chose. The painting came with sloppily folded edges, and it was on a 2" thick stretcher bar that made it too thick for any standard frame. I HIGHLY recommend Andy at Sherman Galleries at 4039 Lincoln in Venice. Consummate professional, excellent work, great prices. Beau Basse recommended him to me, and I'm taking everything to him now. For example, on the original stretcher bar, Lazarides had put a sticker with the serial number, etc. Andy recycled that piece of wood and used it when he restretched the canvas. And he helped me pick out this great frame. Look at how tight that corner edge is now. Very clean. And it makes such a huge difference with the clean lines in the piece. Perhaps it was more apparent live than in images, but it really was a detraction before. Weezy Attachments:
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Post by Weezy on Jun 5, 2010 18:35:15 GMT -8
Framing the Berens had an even bigger impact. The frame just changes everything. It focuses the eye to the work. The silver beveled edge seems to pick up the play of light in the piece, giving it additional luminosity, especially against the 3" of matte black framing. There's also a hint of silver on the outer edge of the black that gives it a nice finish. The frame lends gravitas to a small 13.5" x 13.5" piece. Makes me want another Berens... Weezy Attachments:
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Post by epicfai on Jun 5, 2010 18:39:12 GMT -8
yeah, andy does great work. he re-framed my audrey for me and is currently working on one of my james jean pieces.
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Post by Weezy on Jun 5, 2010 18:39:54 GMT -8
And Andy at Sherman is so good, without my even saying anything, he knew not to cover the verso image and framed it with an open back to preserve the exposure. Plus Andy knows art. He knew this was an original Berens, which was a great confidence booster because you knew he was going to treat it accordingly (and make sure someone didn't just walk out the door with it)! Okay, I'm starting to sound like a paid endorser, so I'll stop...but if you need framing in LA, that's where I'd go. Weezy Attachments:
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Post by Weezy on Jun 5, 2010 18:59:50 GMT -8
Thanks epicfai. You never know how framing is going to work out. I'm as happy as I am relieved.
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Post by Fawn Fruits on Jun 5, 2010 22:55:59 GMT -8
Hi Weezy
so very nice meeting you today! Hope we can run into each other again!
daniel
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Post by juggernut3 on Jun 8, 2010 14:37:28 GMT -8
Weezy, your new framing is monster! I like the non bright color you choose. Yeah, sorry to see your original folding state. That's odd. I've never seen his folded like that. My friend that I mentioned who framed his IF did the exact same style of framing you did.
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Post by wakd on Jun 23, 2010 20:51:12 GMT -8
Weezy,
That Berens looks amazing! Very jealous! I have the print of "The Kiss" - maybe one day I can afford an original by Chris. Congrats on a beautiful piece.
Ben.
PS The Francis looks great too.
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Post by Weezy on Jun 24, 2010 21:42:25 GMT -8
Thanks Wakd.
I'm probably an idiot to ask, but lots of folks here seem to have prints of artists' work. Could my Berens or Francis be available as a print somewhere? That would be cool, but I assume mine are just not pieces that warrant reproduction. Does anyone know how that works-- if you buy the original do you have a purchase agreement that references a right of reproduction? And how does one acquire, e.g., a Berens print? I would do anything for Berens' Ermine and the Lure that was sold at Roq la Rue-- original preferred, but a print would be second!
Weezy
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Post by Weezy on Jun 24, 2010 22:02:58 GMT -8
Kristen Schiele, Badlanders. This is my latest acquisition from Sloan Fine Art in NYC. Alix never fails as a curator, and I always personally enjoy chatting with her. Why I acquired it: I thought this small Kristen Schiele piece had such depth and a great palette. Kristen achieves with graphical representation an image that to me is both exotic and outer-worldly. I bought this based on an iphone image. That convenience kept me pulling out the phone over and over again to look at it. I figure there's genius in getting me to do that. Had to have it. Weezy Attachments:
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Post by svenman on Jun 25, 2010 0:26:26 GMT -8
Nice choice weezy. I loved that piece too. Congrats.
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Post by |peetov| on Jun 25, 2010 0:27:22 GMT -8
i love pieces that have me coming back constantly. congrats on your purchase man. your collection is awesome.
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Post by epicfai on Jun 25, 2010 6:44:00 GMT -8
great score, weezy. that is a fantastic piece.
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Post by wakd on Jun 28, 2010 14:59:13 GMT -8
Hi Weezy,
I have no idea how the rights to reproduction work. I know that in the case of the Berens print I have, Chris chose to keep that painting for himself. My presumption is that prints are made of a certain work before it is sold, so you know there are prints when you buy the original. Anyway, Berens prints are exclusively through his Dutch gallery - Jaski. On their website you can see the current seven prints available from Berens. Ermine and the lure is not one of them unfortunately.
Cheers,
Ben
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Post by commandax on Jun 28, 2010 19:36:48 GMT -8
The artist retains the exclusive right to make lithographs, t-shirts, coffee mugs, shower curtains, you name it, from any painting they create throughout the universe in perpetuity, regardless of who owns the original work. Your best bet would be to mention how much you love the painting to Robbert van Ham, and perhaps they will consider it for a future edition. For what it's worth, I'd buy that one, too... it's definitely one of his masterpieces. I think it's called "The Whaler, the Ermine and the Bait," though.
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Post by commandax on Jun 29, 2010 7:16:35 GMT -8
P.S., Assume the reproduction rights are provided under some California statute? They're not contractual. Most of the works I've purchased by invoice, which do not contain any allocation of use rights. Does the artist have exclusive reproduction rights or does he/she share them with the owner of the original work? Zero intent to reproduce-- just curious as a lawyer to know about rights. I heard that the image one of my Makarov paintings was provided to some publishing company to be used for a book cover (don't know that they ever did, but I've been on the lookout-- supposedly it's one of Chekov's books). It's just basic US copyright law. Unless the artist specifically assigns copyright to you, your purchase of the physical painting does not transfer copyright. By the same token, owning the original manuscript of a novel does not magically make you the copyright holder. |
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Post by Weezy on Jul 17, 2010 19:28:07 GMT -8
My latest acquisition. The Berlin street artist EVOL, Plattenbau A-80, acquired from Wilde Gallery in Berlin. Why I acquired it: This is stencil on an electrical cabinet that had existed on the streets of East Berlin with existing "city grit" and tagging, which EVOL has deftly incorporated into this trompe l'oeil Plattenbau, or the East German apartment housing symbolic of the bleakness of life under East German Socialism, not to mention being an offense to architecture. As a street artist, EVOL has done these on electrical cabinets in situ on the streets of Berlin as a reminder of that era, juxtaposed against the surrounding modernity of contemporary Berlin. The cabinet opens with a key and has shelves inside. He also does some really amazing stencil work on cardboard, incorporating existing elements, that are simply spectacular. Check this out: www.flickr.com/photos/evoldaily/sets/72157605620529280/show/with/4638242103/Run it as a slide show. When you think it's done, it's not. It's loading. He has a stop motion video of EVOL making of a stencil piece, which is to music. It's a trip, and really interesting. Later on, there's another stop motion video shows one of the Plattenbau cabinet works on the street in Berlin, and as night falls you see the windows in the building illuminate as if the dwellers are at home. He achieves this with phosphorescent paint that picks up ambient neon light from a building across from it. Brilliant. I'm really excited about this artist. His adroitness with the stencil is awe-inspiring. Waiting for it to arrive from Berlin in the next couple weeks. Will post a better pic then. Weezy Attachments:
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Post by Weezy on Jul 17, 2010 19:37:06 GMT -8
Here's the back... with the original East German reference number. Could probably do some research and figure out where it originally existed in the city. Weezy Attachments:
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Post by Weezy on Jul 17, 2010 21:07:03 GMT -8
For what it's worth, I'd buy that one, too... it's definitely one of his masterpieces. I think it's called "The Whaler, the Ermine and the Bait," though. Here's the modern masterpiece we're talking about: Attachments:
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Post by Weezy on Jul 31, 2010 18:25:41 GMT -8
EVOL arrived from Berlin today-- now with Vhils and Strawn at home... Attachments:
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Post by Weezy on Jul 31, 2010 18:29:30 GMT -8
EVOL, Plattenbau A-80 Attachments:
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Post by Weezy on Jul 31, 2010 18:32:06 GMT -8
Inside the EVOL Plattenbau Attachments:
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