This week I will be hanging a total of 13 pieces/diptychs belonging to the "Internal Exteriors" series for the "Portraits" show at Gallery 224. It will be the first time I will be sharing this work on a gallery space, reason why I am looking at every single detail carefully and doing the best I can in terms of planning the use of space. It seems simple to hang an exhibit, but it is not.
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"Untitled_(from Internal Exteriors)"
© Flavio Martín Morante_2011
When given the option by Jane, I picked the back wall of the gallery for 2 reasons; on one hand it is by the waterfront and since my love for water... (no need to explain more there) and on the other hand, since the gallery its going to be open mostly during the morning, it was great to take advantage of the natural morning light that comes through the big window facing lake Michigan.
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Computer generated diagram of the pieces for better idea of space use. Still managing (playing around) on how I really want to hang the series.
© Flavio Martín Morante_2012
Then the distribution of the pieces respond to several factors. The pictures have been printed on a not so small/not so big size (8in x 12in each, 24_1/4 in x 8 when assembled as a diptych), since I want people to look at them close, but at the same time I will spread them giving them their own space. Each diptych should speak for itself, but at the same time, all together should give people the idea of a big unified piece. The pictures are all mounted on foam board, to reduce cost, but also to leave them "open" since the simple act of putting them on frames it seemed to me that will capsule them individually in this case, something I wanted to avoid.
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We will see how it goes. Thursday its coming fast!
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