pellets
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Street Art Shelf Life: True or False???, by pellets on Mar 11, 2020 12:11:29 GMT 1, It depends on the environment the art is stored in.
How long would you like your art to last?
It depends on the environment the art is stored in.
How long would you like your art to last?
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Guy Denning
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Street Art Shelf Life: True or False???, by Guy Denning on Mar 12, 2020 1:06:43 GMT 1, Ask the artist about the materials and methods before you buy. Most decent and competent pencil squeezers I know will happily talk about what they do willingly, and at length... usually we're shut in a cupboard and don't get to talk shop. Look for those that care about the medium.
You'll probably have a job to shut them up if you show interest in what they're doing.
Go for those that experiment but admit that an experiment is an experiment. I've had older work that has suffered over the years because of odd combinations of media I thought might be a good idea... but I've taken them back to make repairs where repairs can be made.
It's this occasional uncertainty of longevity in the work that has driven me back to established historical media like oil paint on canvas.
In the end most of us are hoping to create a legacy. We don't want the finished product to fall apart. Most artists that are making daily work of what they love... care about it.
Most... ;-)
Ask the artist about the materials and methods before you buy. Most decent and competent pencil squeezers I know will happily talk about what they do willingly, and at length... usually we're shut in a cupboard and don't get to talk shop. Look for those that care about the medium.
You'll probably have a job to shut them up if you show interest in what they're doing.
Go for those that experiment but admit that an experiment is an experiment. I've had older work that has suffered over the years because of odd combinations of media I thought might be a good idea... but I've taken them back to make repairs where repairs can be made.
It's this occasional uncertainty of longevity in the work that has driven me back to established historical media like oil paint on canvas.
In the end most of us are hoping to create a legacy. We don't want the finished product to fall apart. Most artists that are making daily work of what they love... care about it.
Most... ;-)
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Street Art Shelf Life: True or False???, by Daniel Silk on Mar 12, 2020 12:08:07 GMT 1, I would think most old masterpiece paintings have been touched up time after time over the years.
I would think most old masterpiece paintings have been touched up time after time over the years.
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Dahmer
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Street Art Shelf Life: True or False???, by Dahmer on Mar 12, 2020 12:16:12 GMT 1, I'm more concerned with how long i will last. My girlfriend tells me constantly if i die, she will kill me.
I'm more concerned with how long i will last. My girlfriend tells me constantly if i die, she will kill me.
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Guy Denning
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Street Art Shelf Life: True or False???, by Guy Denning on Mar 18, 2020 12:20:44 GMT 1, Speaking of pencil pushing. I think I read it on here where a hirst print was signed in pencil and it faded so he had to send it back to be resigned. I was thinking damn, I hope my sweet toof, cyclops collabo pencil Signatures don’t fade on me. That’ll be booty! I don’t think I’m high brow enough to get it resigned one day... Then I looked and a ton of my prints are signed in pencil. Why is pencil so popular to use for numbering and signing if it fades so easily??? 😬
Speaking of pencil pushing. I think I read it on here where a hirst print was signed in pencil and it faded so he had to send it back to be resigned. I was thinking damn, I hope my sweet toof, cyclops collabo pencil Signatures don’t fade on me. That’ll be booty! I don’t think I’m high brow enough to get it resigned one day... Then I looked and a ton of my prints are signed in pencil. Why is pencil so popular to use for numbering and signing if it fades so easily??? 😬 I've got drawings that go back to the seventies with no fade problem. Perhaps he lost the strength to sign forcibly on the day in question. |
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moron
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Street Art Shelf Life: True or False???, by moron on Mar 18, 2020 12:58:59 GMT 1, I don’t claim to be an art expert in all things. But I was talking to an urban art hater friend of mine and he was saying that a lot of urban and street artists are increasingly using digitized images that are printed onto canvases w/ 100 yr epson ink and then they splash some paint on the canvas, touch up some things to give some slight texture and then that’s their “original art masterpiece”. The kicker and the supposed dunce cap moment for me was that I’m buying art that won’t last 1000’s of years like prior art geniuses. I’m buying toilet paper canvases that will fade into oblivion in a generation or two. Now I could care less of the process, the concern that comes is that does urban and street art have a finite or much shorter life on canvas than other non-epson ink cartridge forms of art? Will in 120 yrs when I’m pushing up daisies, or preferably a nice oak tree, will it just start to fade away, making it useless to my grandkids? How do we know if we’re buying epson printer 100 yr specials sold as originals w/ some splatters of paint? None of my art has an art gluten label that says “art will Self destruct by March 10th, 2120” or anything. Not even a Best Buy date like “Best Buy 2120: Product may not be desirable after this date or have any value”. I’d love to hear from those who are in the circle of art creation trust. As I didn’t know how to respond to my urban art hater friend. I tried to google it and struck out. Can someone set the record straight for me please?
The tagging is different on each version which looks like the tagging could have been added onto a blank image via photo shop before printing.
I don’t claim to be an art expert in all things. But I was talking to an urban art hater friend of mine and he was saying that a lot of urban and street artists are increasingly using digitized images that are printed onto canvases w/ 100 yr epson ink and then they splash some paint on the canvas, touch up some things to give some slight texture and then that’s their “original art masterpiece”. The kicker and the supposed dunce cap moment for me was that I’m buying art that won’t last 1000’s of years like prior art geniuses. I’m buying toilet paper canvases that will fade into oblivion in a generation or two. Now I could care less of the process, the concern that comes is that does urban and street art have a finite or much shorter life on canvas than other non-epson ink cartridge forms of art? Will in 120 yrs when I’m pushing up daisies, or preferably a nice oak tree, will it just start to fade away, making it useless to my grandkids? How do we know if we’re buying epson printer 100 yr specials sold as originals w/ some splatters of paint? None of my art has an art gluten label that says “art will Self destruct by March 10th, 2120” or anything. Not even a Best Buy date like “Best Buy 2120: Product may not be desirable after this date or have any value”. I’d love to hear from those who are in the circle of art creation trust. As I didn’t know how to respond to my urban art hater friend. I tried to google it and struck out. Can someone set the record straight for me please? If you check out the latest Panda release variations from Whatson. The tagging is different on each version which looks like the tagging could have been added onto a blank image via photo shop before printing. |
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Street Art Shelf Life: True or False???, by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 3:20:39 GMT 1, Just buy screen prints on high quality paper and avoid digital anything. Otherwise you will end up with a shitty computer printed and photo shopped panda.
Just buy screen prints on high quality paper and avoid digital anything. Otherwise you will end up with a shitty computer printed and photo shopped panda.
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