so I have an exhibition coming up and I need pointers

Yep. My first as well.

What I would like to ask is nothing exact actuall. Any tips and pointers I should know, when putting up the works?

The small venue is this. Images are all B/W, 40x30 cm, ten or a dozen of them [haven't decided yet]. What should I know, what should I be aware of? Any pointers would help.

I just cannot ask more specific question, because I blatantly have no experience in this.

dont use railroad spikes to hang your pictures? Really, how can we answer if there is no question?

Hello osh - congrats on the exhbit. It is always gratifying to see one's work displayed in a public venue for others to appreciate. I assume that all of your pieces will be matted, framed (glass?) and wired for hanging? Make sure proper wire is adequately attached and that the wall fasteners are solid. Proper lighting is always desirable and very strong window light should be avoided.

Last year I had a small museum exhibit and here is how that show appeared:

http://www.pearlphoto.​blogspot.com …ion-butler-solo-show.html

I was limited to about a dozen pieces so the pictures were arranged singly on the wall. At another show earlier this year I was allowed 18 pieces but space was limited. As a result I had to double hange some images:

http://www.pearlphoto.​blogspot.com …-sunday-july-28-2013.html

Let me know if you have any specific questions and I'll try to address those for you.

thanks for the advice! I don't think, that I will have framed ones. that venue supports unknown artists and sponsors me drinks at the opening and covers printing expenses, but framing, I'm afraid, I will have to leave just because of not being able to afford it :]. So no glass. yes, one of the aspects is the window all over street side of the "room".

also - yes - I really want to let my work breath, so images are not too close together, so the aspect of double henge also interests me. how people react to that. all I can imagine is only how I react to them, but I am sure there are some points about gamma play in any image, when two pictures work better together than the other two.

Take a good look at Stuarts framing.

I've done a few shows now, and one time I "experimented" with a less traditional frame,. it was for my Africa gallery and I found some very attractive wooden frames with colors that reminded my of the brown/gold tones we saw in Namibia during the dry season.
In my living room, which also has a lot of natural wood tones, this looked fantastic.

In the gallery, not so much. It was a detractor in fact. A large matte border and slim black frame is the best way to prevent such a faux pas..

Find out what you are using to anchor to the walls. I've exhibited in places where picture hangers with nails was fine, and on pl;aces where the ONLY option was 3M command strips (they actually worked very well and held some very huge framed prints)

.. started typing before your reply of no frames..

osh_sekta wrote in post #16309625
thanks for the advice! I don't think, that I will have framed ones. that venue supports unknown artists and sponsors me drinks at the opening and covers printing expenses, but framing, I'm afraid, I will have to leave just because of not being able to afford it :]. So no glass. yes, one of the aspects is the window all over street side of the "room".

also - yes - I really want to let my work breath, so images are not too close together, so the aspect of double henge also interests me. how people react to that. all I can imagine is only how I react to them, but I am sure there are some points about gamma play in any image, when two pictures work better together than the other two.

You are very welcome Olafs; no point in having to reinvent the wheel .

If you won't have frames and glass that changes things a bit but certainly does not make it difficult. It sounds like you will just have bare prints somehow attached directly to the wall. This suggests several options.

As Jake suggested there is the 3m tacky material that is suitable for wall mounting items:

http://www.officeworld​.com …2Dstrips%26owSt​atus%3D404

This would allow you to attach the prints directly to their walls. Another option would be to somehow put up boards, or heavy cardboard material. One such product is homasote and people often make bulletin boards out of them. I have a small one in my home office. Here is an article on making such a board:

http://shisomama.wordp​ress.com …-homasote-bulletin-board/

What's nice upon this is it is perfect for accepting push pins which will easily hold your unframed, unmatted photos. You can arrange them in any order and easily change the pattern.

have them printed by a professional that has experience doing fine art prints and will do some consulting with you. don't just send it off to costco

no, there won't be bare prints. I would not allow that just because... I love my work, heh.

Actually, I'm afraid I cannot to find the name for the material in english [Sorry, guys], but it's sort-of-plastic-that-is-a-bit-softer-and-not-actually-plastic. Darn Since there are exhibition per month all the time, there is wire along the top side of the walls and other various hanging options, but... that direct stick-to-the-wall option actually seems pretty nice., since it is a public space nevertheless. [there's a link in my first post, if someone missed].

bespoke wrote in post #16309783
have them printed by a professional that has experience doing fine art prints and will do some consulting with you. don't just send it off to costco

all covered there. I actually work in photo news agency and as an assistant to one of the best advert photographer's over here [I do PP mainly, sometimes lights], so prints will be good. I just want to get through everything myself, understand and... ya know.... get a grip. I will do printing myself.

Foam Core ?

Aye. IF someone is interested, this is how it all went in the end: photos were printed out and put on dibond aluminium sandwitches:

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That looks like it came out very very well Olafs - nice!

I am not at all familiar with dibond aluminium sandwitches. It appears to be a thin aluminum scan fused to either foam core or some other strong, stable, light-weight material? And then were the photos (drymounted/glued) to the aluminum skin?

It actually did, yeah. And, yes, photos were printed on Epson monster here and then both, images and dibond went to one guy, who glued them together [Because it's better to give it to someone with experience, especially if you're in a hurry].

Here's the link about those sandwitches.

Quite interesting Olafs - thanks for the link. I like your "McGiver" approach to using the spoons Very inventive.

The teaspoon is a joke, right? It looks dreadful.