What is original art? Is it a Giclee?
July 10th – August 24th
Gallery Nights: July 19th & August 16th

Artists have long struggled with making a living creating art. Once it is sold, an original painting no longer generates revenue for the artist. In early art history, the introduction of printmaking and engraving helped to place multiples on the market and increase the artist’s income. However, new media often met with resistance from collectors and museums: photography, for instance, was not initially viewed as fine art but is now one of the hottest art forms on the market. As technology has advanced in the last few years, the giclée has been introduced as a new medium. How does this affect the art market? Is it a commercial or fine art process? How does the art world accept it and what does it do to the value of an original piece of art? Visit our Blog at www.bertgallery.com for details on the programs.

July Gallery program
• Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 6.30pm during Gallery Night Providence – Fine Art Digital Printmakers Talk by Susan Fader of Ditto Editions, a company that creates and promotes the idea of the digital print (Marblehead, MA).
August Gallery program
• Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 6.30 during Gallery Night Providence - Giclee in the art market: Do they have any re-sale value? Will an auction or a museum accept them in their collection? Among the panelists are Carmel Vitullo, a local photographer, Erik Gould, a private artist and the photographer for the RISD Museum, Richard Benjamin, former Providence Journal photographer known for his photographs of Rhode Island sold exclusively by Picture This Galleries, and Ted Peffer, president of io labs, a Pawtucket printing company.