2018 Euro Merch

deadendp said:

vant0037 said:

deadendp said:

vant0037 said:

Any of these posters - probably framed, matted and hung - can look incredible. That’s art 101. Frankly, most people (PJ fans in particular) don’t display their stuff correctly, because it’s expensive or they don’t have an eye for matting etc or because they hang it next to five other things that don’t compliment it or because its being displayed in a Michael’s poster binder in a closet etc.  I’ve gone through those threads where people post pictures of their PJ prints framed and hung and all I can say is...yuck.  Lots of gutless black frame jobs hung over shitty home office desk furniture.  Yeah, of course it looks bad.

These prints aren’t my personal favorites but I could see someone doing something awesome with them.

Friendly rant over!

My name is Amy. I have mismatched posters on my walls in clearance rack frames without mattes.  

Nothing is acid free. 

But!  We love our prints.  We love our goofy poster hall. We're okay with the way we framed our posters because it got them to the wall.  

I also have a old, paint blotchy table at the end of the hall.  The posters don't match the table or even compliment it, but it's all good!  

Different things make different people happy.  

P.S. FWIW, I even have a degree in art-- Fine Art with a concentration in printmaking. I also work as part of the display staff at an art gallery.  

Cool!  My wife has the same degree and we too have lots of randomly framed or hung stuff.  My only point was that PJ prints generate a LOT of discussion, much of it content critical and very little about how we are displaying.  We have stuff that others hate and we love; is that because the content is to our taste or because we have invested in framing?  Both? Neither?  I guess I’m not trying to answer that question, but only raise the point that good framing can compliment or detract from a print, depending on the print itself.  There’s a reason that art is hung the way it is in art museums; historically and today, the frame has an important role in enhancing the experience of viewing a print, just as displaying the prints with particular items does (eg other works of similar age, origin, content etc). In a home, this probably isn’t possible so it means it really comes down to a good frame and mat.

So at the end of the day, if someone hates the print but must have it, maybe a different display approach can salvage it.  (Or maybe a simple pass on the buy in the first place!  Haha!).  Thats all I was trying to get at!

Our rule for posters is that if we won't hang it, we won't buy it.  But yes, framing can make all the difference.  I have yet to see McCzech or Man-Pig framed in a way that takes the ugly out of them for me.   :rofl:

1awman said:

Super Vedder said:

I buy them even if I don't really like them ,it's an illness I tell you!  I've got Amsterdam 2 and both London shows, they'll probably never get framed, I need help 

So true and I’m now out - trouble adding from phone chopping of rest of post. Not bitter, honest!