Fine Art — Why is it Mostly Film?

[q.g._de_bakker]

Errr... I don't think so.

So what do you think?

[arthur_gottschalk]

Art, or fine art, is distinguished from craft. It's a combination of a good or great idea combined with an aesthetic sensibility. And yes, craft can be used to express this but it's not central. Indeed, some very wonderful "art" can be anti-craft. I guess you could say that something that degrades craft is a form of craft, but the idea comes first, followed by sensibility. Just MHO.

[q.g._de_bakker]

Then, Arthur, you appear to agree with what you dismiss. The only mistake you make is that you say "Art, or fine art", as if there is no difference. There, of course is. And the specific difference between the two is all about craft.

[AlanKlein]

Clyde Butcher is now providing digital prints as well as film prints at a lower cost, still pretty high for his work. I've seen both in his gallery in Venice Florida and the digital prints looks as good as the chemical ones for those who want to save a little money yet have a Butcher print. Obviously, there's less work involved with a digital print. So that will account for it's cheaper price as well. It's faster to produce copies and no spotting.

[arthur_gottschalk]

Big Clyde Butcher fan. I saw his work in the Everglades studio, with an alligator lurking outside. I wonder if his digital prints are laser using photo paper or ink jet.

[AlanKlein]

Big Clyde Butcher fan. I saw his work in the Everglades studio, with an alligator lurking outside. I wonder if his digital prints are laser using photo paper or ink jet.

I think I saw a digital printer in his Venice Gallery and lab. You could call them. I'm sure they'll let you know. He had a little note on it reminding his workers to adjusts one of the variables to a particular setting. He now shoots digitally because of his age and the weight of the equipment. He uses a Cambo Actus with a digital 36 megapixel Sony A7R camera and RZ-67 Mamiya medium format lenses.

https://clydebutcher.com/about-the-artist/technical-information/

[AlanKlein]

I just noticed he spells it out in that link in my past post.

 

"an Epson Stylus Pro 11880 printer. He uses archival Ultrachrome K3 ink and prints on archival Harman Hahnemuhle paper. The limited-editon print is then mounted and matted to current archival standards."

[arthur_gottschalk]

I remember when I first saw his work years ago. Large murals as you entered the airport in Miami. I was stunned.

[glen_h]

The last one I remember had different printing methods, such as platinum prints.

 

So still starting with a film negative, but not silver based prints.

 

As well as I know it, in the case of platinum prints, and some other alternative methods,

the artist coats their own paper. Whether the coating process is any "finer", in

fine art terms, I don't know.