 Marian Wilson |
Art Gallery Shows My first showing in an Art Gallery is coming up the first weekend in Nov. The owner suggested at least a 3" matt border while my husband feels that a 2" border looks better. Is this just a matter of taste or is there matting etiquette for gallery art shows?
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Mark Feldstein |
Unless you're displaying at ICP in NY (Inernational Center for Photography) then I don't think there's any particular set matte border size. But you're selling photos, not mattes. Besides, it's the owners gallery, go with what the guy wants, 3 " or 10". Take it light. Mark
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Marian Wilson |
Thanks Mark! Just really excited and little nervous. You confirmed what I already felt. I guess I just an opinion from a fellow photographer.
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Mark Feldstein |
You're quite welcome. Any time Marian ;>) Mark
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Michael H. Cothran |
Mark's answer is right on the money. As a side note, matting widths are very subjective. Some people like very thin mats, others prefer fat matting. I think a framed print should have a good visual balance between mat size and print size. Not too thin, not too fat. I sell "fine art" photography regularly at juried Arts & Crafts shows. Here's my opinion - 2" is a good matting width for prints up to about 7x10 or 8x10. This would frame out to about 11x14, and is well-balance. I would use 3-3.5" for anything larger than 11x14 outside dimensions, up to about 18x24 outside dimensions. Larger than that, I would add a little more matting. As another example - Since 16x20 and 20x24 are "standard" sizes, there are photographers who insist on matting a 16x20 print to 20x24, yielding 2" of mat all around. To me, that's just not enough matting, and the overall image just looks out of proportion. I would either use a 14x18 or 15x19 print, or increase the frame size to 22x26 or 24x28. Something you may discover for yourself, if you mat and frame enough, is that generally speaking, standard size prints frame out best to non-standard size frames, while non-standard size prints frame out best to standard size frames. Trying to put a standard size print into a standard size frame rarely works out well, with the exception being a 5x7 print framed out to 8x10. Michael H. Cothran
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