Participating Artists: picture show exhibitions
Venue:
Wolfe Lane
Wolf Lane, Perth rear 321 Murray Street
Description: Following on from the success of FotoFreo 2010 Fringe photography exhibition Cities are Like Oceans, picture show brings you Beauties : an illustration of Victorian printing techniques opening at Wolfe Lane on Tuesday 1 June 2010.
Stepping back in time to a more elegant era the exhibition displays a selection of framed pictures from print artists covering the reign of Queen Victoria. Engravings, mezzotints, Baxter prints and lithographs present an overall theme of beauty and elegance suggesting an ethereal continuity not usually evident for this period and certainly not surviving the early years of the 20th century.
Before the age of photographic reproduction on a commercial scale, print making in the 19th century was the only medium in existence for mass communication. Print makers were highly skilled craftsmen with quality prints taking weeks or months to produce a stark juxtaposition to today‚s culture of snap-and-delete digital photography.
The exhibition has been produced in collaboration with Old Templemore Antiques.
Start Date: 01 June 2010
End Date: 29 June 2010
Opening Times: Mon - Sun 4pm - late, closed Sundays
For more information, contact: Amelia Twiss
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