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Saira Anum

Philip D'Martino

Gallery Management

Spring 2013

In fast pace society many people are living hectic lives and don’t have times to experience such luxuries as visiting art museums and galleries, which is why we are purposing to start an online galley for contemporary printmaking. The name of our gallery will be Gallery #FF6600 and will consist of four different pages that represent the different rooms that would make up the gallery if it were an actual physical gallery.

Phil and I will be running the actual gallery as well as curating shows on two of the pages. As for the other two pages one will consist of the galleries permanent collection, which can be drawn from at any time if a specific piece is needed to go with a current show. This idea of the permanent collection being pulled from for current shows comes from visiting both The Newark Museum and MOMA in New York, NY. The fourth page will be the Main Gallery that shall be used during shows that are curated by visiting curators.

We plan to include numerous other pages as well as the four gallery pages. These pages will include helpful art related links, press, and a contact page. One such idea for helpful art links page is including a map of printmaking, which will be created by myself, and its popularity in different regions. Also, included in the links page will be a tutorial section for those interested in finding more about a specific form of printmaking.

The galley will also be hosting talks and events that will take place at local locations in Jersey City. The topics that will be discussed at such talks are artist’s talks, panel discussions, printmaking in today’s society, gaining exposure as a printmaker, DIY public relations, and numerous other printmaking related topics. The events that will be hosted include workshops, a yearly printmaking festival, collaboration nights, and a monthly open critique to which printmakers can bring current work to discuss it with other artists.

Funding for all of this will come from numerous sources such as entry fees, Kickstarter donations, and contributions made by those attending such things as artist’s talks and events, and investor backing. Entry fees will be $20 dollars a month paid by visiting curators looking to exhibit on our main gallery page.

In conclusion, we hope to turn our online gallery is to an actually gallery space similar to that of Hotel Particulier located at 4-6 Grand Street New York, NY, 10013. This gallery unlike others is part gallery part café, however in our particular case we are starting off online and hoping the online gallery to eventually become a gallery that is also a bakeshop.

http://fineartonlinegallery.com/page/home

http://www.saatchionline.com/

http://oberniergallery.com/home/

http://www.ugallery.com/

http://www.art-3000.com/

http://www.20x200.com/staytuned/

http://artsation.com/en/

http://www.gallerytoday.com/

http://www.art-mine.com/

http://www.myriadfineart.com/

www.hotelparticulier.com

MOMA Experience

Upon arriving at the MOMA I had no idea of what to expect for the day. However, once I met Steven Wheeler I knew this was not going to be a typical trip to MOMA.

            Mr. Wheeler an art registrar for the Design and Architecture Department at MOMA started by taking us on a trip behind the scenes of an installation that was happening that day. Although, the staff was not present seeing as they were at lunch this behind the scene view allowed for some interesting knowledge of how an installation takes place. One such example of this knowledge is the fact that labeled pieces of paper designed to resemble the basic forms of specific art works were placed around the room as if a map of the exhibitions layout. Also how MOMA is keeping up with the technology. The later being a similar factor of both museum The Newark Museum and MOMA, visits.

            After touring the Architecture and Design we were able to tour the rest of the museum. Specifically, focused on a tour Steven Wheeler had planned. In all it was a fascinating day that was full of information I never thought about. 

-Philip D'Martino

The Newark Museum: A day of excitement and discovery

Full of energy from the car ride and breakfast adventure in Newark, NJ; I walked into The Newark Museum with excitement and enthusiasm for exploration in a place I was visiting for the first time. After having been greeted by Pat Wessel who was full of energy herself we began our tour.

Our tour began with a brief history of the museum itself as we stood around a model of the museum, which was an artwork itself. Following this we continued our tour with a travel through the museum learning about the institution’s mission of community and education as well as the museums advancements in technology to stay current with the now technology addicted society we live in.

Traveling through the museum as if on a trip through history, beginning with African and Native American Art and continued through the museum until we ended at Contemporary Art. My classmates and I were also taken to visit the science floor of The Newark Museum where we all transformed into young children exploring every corner and full of excitement as new things were discovered.

After parting ways with Ms. Wessel we began to explore the museum on our own, which for some of us ended with a trip to the Tibetan Exhibition before exiting the museum for the day.

In all it was an exciting day that ended too soon. I cannot wait to visit The Newark Museum again. Hopefully, it will be soon. 

How to Hang Art

After the seeing the opening tonight and taking a quick look behind the pieces to see how they are hung before anyone thought I was insane. Also, I have started to think a great deal about hanging artwork with my BFA show taking place this semester. As a result of both I started to question what is the best method for hanging artwork. Is there even a "best method" or is it a matter of preference? What other ways can artwork be hung other then with a picture hook and wire? Here is what I found while looking for some of answers.

Tips:

5 Things to Know Before Hanging Artwork from realsimple.com

Hanging art at Artist, Emerging on blogspot.com

How to Hang Artwork on artvenue.com blog


Videos:

Hanging Heavy Artwork

Hanging Art - Salon Style

  

Who Wants to Be a Curator?

The reason why i picked this article was because i wanted to know what curating was..what do curators do? Everyone seems like curator if they have a blog, twitter etc. The article talks about how everyone can be a curator but a traditional curator is one that needs to be able to “contextualize the work within its historical and socioeconomic framework." 

Programs are set up in major parts of the word to teach students about curating and what it takes to be a curator and how they know a lot then the knowledge of art to be a curator.

Aakash Nihalani's Isometric Street Art: Blurring The Line Between 2D And 3D Worlds 

 The reason why i chose this quick short article was because i actually got the chance to meet Aakash when he was first starting out on the streets of New York City. Its amazing how he can make a flat 2D surface look like its actually a 3D sculpture. Using his quick works of simple patterns and bright colored tape is why I'm attracted towards his work. Also click the link to see more photos of his amazing work.

 

 

 

 

Galleries Outside of the Gallery

The norm for galleries these days are decent size spaces with white walls and some hipster behind a desk clicking away at a Mac. It is a contemporary version of a library, but what if artists' work did not call for a traditional gallery space  maybe it could a dark tunnel, the street or an abandoned train however it may be place it increases the audiences interaction with the installation oppose to some security telling you to back away from the work. Here are ten unusual gallery spaces.


Strange Gallery Spaces

Should Artist Become Entrepreneurs?

The reason for a gallery is to display artists' work to the masses but more importantly to seek the attention of the art collectors and buyers who dish out  large amounts of capital on some exclusive pieces. It is quite sad to say that most artist are so focused on their work that they don't truly understand the business end of things, thats why they seek out art dealers and curators. What would this do to galleries if artist took a course and figured out the business aspect and really got the true value of their work and just simply cut out the middle-man.

Artist Entrepreneurs

A Little Something About Moi

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

My name is Michael A. Molina but my photographer alias is M.Samurai, I'm twenty-two years of age and like was mentioned before I'm a photographer. A quick history on how I came to New Jersey City University, first I was enrolled in St. Peter's College (now St. Peter's University).  I was a Communications major hopeful in becoming a "journalist". However, it was not doing anything for me so I searched for a new outlet and I came across photography. I decided new career choice new institution and NJCU was the answer and I'm glad I'm here learning more about my craft.

My style of photography has changed since I began in NJCU but I really appreciate the fine art aspect and also the commercial aspect of photography and would like to make my mark in one or the other.

Other than that I'm straight-forward, easy going and hilarious guy.

My work is up on Flickr (flickr.com/msamurai)
Vimeo: vimeo.com/msamurai
Instagram: @m_samurai
Twitter: @MSamuraiPhoto

"Self Portrait"

Getting to Knoooow Youuuu: Kristy Lopez

A not-so-mini entry about me 

FORMAL STUFF: 

Kristy M Lopez
I am a Full Time Student at New Jersey City University pursuing a B.A. in Art History with an Art Teachers Certification. For a history of my past experiences (basically a profile with most of my resume loaded on it) I created a LinkedIn Profile.

I am expected to receive my degree and certification by January 2014. 

You can email me at KristyLoo@live.com or KLopez@njcu.edu

I have a Blog where I try to post all my finished and some in progress works. 
The KLOg  or http://kristylopez.blogspot.com

Instagram is usually where I will post more intimate images of influences, progress works, or things of interest.
@kristylopez or  here: http://instagram.com/kristylopez 
or here http://web.stagram.com/n/kristylopez/ 

Twitter is where I follow various influential artists, museums, and media. 
@KristyMLopez or here: https://twitter.com/kristymlopez

Tumblr brings a fun and creative audience. I like the ease of posting images to a profile. So usually I will post my instagram images on Tumblr for a pretty presentation, and to follow users of interest.
@KristyMLopez  or here: http://kristymlopez.tumblr.com/

And mostly for personal use and some art sharing and networking...
Facebook: Kristy Lopez or here: http://facebook.com/Kristy138


Informal Stuff: 

I am a 22 years old only child, living at home with my loving parents who's anniversary was yesterday: 25 years! I am 4 years engaged to an amazing man and budding artist, 25 year old Henry Deibel (please check out his artwork here, he is fantastic). We live together in a comfortable attic and growing studio in the basement. Both of us are Leos, so I feel like the better we know ourselves, the better we know how to treat each other. Falling in love is obviously a thrilling thing, but growing in love has been an enlightening and ever changing experience. I feel like that my relationship with art is very similar. 

Gallery Talk at the Met

Tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. The MET will be having a gallery talk on the celebrations of everyday life throughout history.

http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/connections-live-everyday?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=adultprograms

Real Life Ice Wonderland

"This is the magnificent outcome of a five-alarm warehouse fire in Chicago that was extinguished in freezing temperatures. Two-hundred firefighters battled the fierce fire and the water sprayed apparently froze over instantly. Real life ice wonderland!"

http://www.juxtapoz.com/Street-Art/chicago-warehouse-fire-results-in-ice-wnderland?utm_source=Army+Carpet%2C+Snow+Sculpture%2C+Iverson&utm_campaign=Jux+Eblast+Jan4+Army+Carpet&utm_medium=email

 

I wanted to share this article because these images show a design by nature, using natural elements, in a natural environment. The elements do not primarily emulate color, line, texture, form; they are fire and water under freezing temperatures. The result? A frozen sculpture of a struggle to put out a fire. This public domain changes the gallery space because it is street art, in a sense. Fire fighters took part in adding water under freezing temperatures (makes me wonder, what if painters were called plain canvas fighters, or something). Never seen anything like this before, so I was amazed. 

Easier And Cheaper To Make A Music Video

"It’s only getting easier and cheaper to make a music video these days — and all the more important, as artists compete to be heard, largely without the benefit of big pushes from major labels. For those reasons, the music video has undergone something of a mini-renaissance. Every week ARTINFO video editor Tom Chen, photo editor Micah Schmidt, and performing arts editor Nick Catucci will choose five of the most visually engaging music clips from the previous few days, presenting highlights from each in a video supercut, and a slideshow of stills that link back to the full videos." 

http://www.artinfo.com/video/blouin-artinfo-art-clips-ii


This article has a video posted through vimeo (which you can watch here: http://vimeo.com/35766766 or play below). The five visually engaging music video clips that compete to be heard are from Wilco, Matthew Dear, Nicki Minaj, Kate Bush, and Mastodon (who I have a signed record from!). Wilco, Kate Bush, and Mastodon have drawn/painted art, while Matthew Dear has a video of colors mixing together, and Nicki Minaj does a... disturbing performance. I think this article is relevant to Gallery Management because it is reviving an older form of synesthetic experience between music (hearing) and visuals (seeing). The mainstream 'gallery' of entertainment has numbed our senses to trivial videos of unrequited love, selfish wealth, intimidation, sex, sexy ladies, and powerful men. These are a series of images the public are familiar with, and may simluate in their own lives. The art in the video clips below separate the fantasy of living the lives of the rich and famous, and instead focus on the importances of the design. This brings out attention to color, mood, rhythm, balance and repetition. I think it presents a series of images to the audience that is to be viewed through a fine arts lens, and not E! entertainment news.

Meet the author: PDmartinoStudio

A student at New Jersey City University, I am seeking a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in printmaking along with certification in Arts Education. I'm currently working on a series about the hunger for fame as part of my degree progress. I plan on taking this series and developing it into a larger exhibition.

I would like to start an online art gallery, for young contemporary artists, which goal would be to provide young artists as a way to get their artwork shown and to help them gain recognition as artists.  I feel that there is a great need for this type of gallery since I would like to have my own artwork seen by more people.

 At the end of the day I am just living life, day by day, as an artist and soon to be art educator.

I can also be followed on twitter  @pdmartinostudio

Behind the Scenes of Inventing Abstraction by MoMA

Check out this video on behind the scene of #InventingAbstraction & the network diagram created for the exhibition:

http://inventingabstraction.tumblr.com/post/41711914557/a-central-thesis-of-inventing-abstraction-is-that?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=012913a