Artquest: article published

Article which summarises my decisions on the edition formats, marketing plans, costs and projected earnings. Online here at the Artquest site.

Optimism Revisited – Exhibition

I was asked to submit a piece of work to Opus Art Gallery for their coming exhibition Answers on the Front of a Postcard. Rather than simply submit an existing piece from my series Optimism Revisited I chose to create a new piece in a small edition of just 3 copies.

This work, ‘Optimism Revisited D.L6.5138′ measures 148 x105mm and is derived from a postcard featuring the steel sphere of the Dounreay nuclear reactor which is currently undergoing decommissioning.

With many of Britain’s nuclear power stations coming to the end of their life, the topic is once again in the news  Viable alternatives such as wind turbines seem to be losing credibility but the skills to implement a new nuclear program may to have been lost in this country.

The original postcard was issued to celebrate the Dounreay power plant, I hope to recapture some of that feeling and personally, I like to remain optimistic.

The work will be on show from 8th December 2012 - Opus Fine Art, Martin House, Sheep Street, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1AA

R.275 Modern House – Press Article

“A model of suburban living – Paul Greenleaf deconstructs the modern house, with help from a Hornby miniature”. Read the full article here East London Guardian

R.275 Modern House – Exhibition

R.275 MODERN HOUSE 9260.L   C-type print, 28 x 23 inch (711 x 584 mm)

Work from the series R.275 Modern House features in ‘Detached - A joint exhibition examining the surfaces and depths of two buildings featuring work by Paul Greenleaf and Paul Tucker‘ at Penny Fielding Gallery, Walthamstow, London E17 until january 7th 2013

Exhibition open Wed /Thur 11am -7pm, Fri / Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-6pm
Closed Mon/Tues

Optimism Revisited – New Skies for East London, Exhibition

Throughout Photomonth East London Photography Festival several pieces of work from the series Optimism Revisited were exhibited on notice boards outside Tower Hamlets police stations.

Each print is designed to gradually fade when subjected to sunlight throughout the coarse of the exhibition. Here’s what people have been saying about the exhibition:

• “Maybe I just have a thing for photos of clouds, but I think Paul Greenleaf’s New Skies is a fabulous concept. Sun-sensitive images of clouds (which alter with time and exposure to light) will be displayed incongruously on East London’s Police Station billboards, between Oct 1st- Nov 30th.” Imaginadium

• “Police in Tower Hamlets have teamed up with photographer Paul Greenleaf for an experiment in light – as part of the Photomonth exhibition. While you’re having look, see if you recognise any of our most-wanted suspects in the adjacent notice boards.” Met Police

• “Crime meets art in Tower Hamlets as part of festival” East London Lines

• “Once you get used to the idea that the Photomonth International photography festival runs for two months instead of one, you can start to get excited about the number of exhibitions, talks, seminars and workshops on offer.There are simply too many events and exhibitions to list (more than 200), but here’s five selections: New Skies (for East London) by Paul Greenleaf…” Great Biritish Mag

Edition Quantity & Price

For each publication I decided on different quantities to produce…

For Optimism Revisited the specifications are:

• 100 copies (plus 5 AP’s)
• 150 x 230mm
• 20pp plus cover plus card insert
• I’ve set an initial price of £12.00 + shipping  (I may have to revise this depending on demand)

For R.275 Modern House the specifications are:

• 1000 copies
• 145 x 195mm (folding out to 578 x 380mm)
• 8pp leaflet which folds out to single sheet ‘poster’, plus card with introductory text
• I’ve set the initial price at £6.00 + shipping

The editions are available here

A New Approach – Optimism Revisited

Having inspected the first proof I decided to reconsider how to produce the edition. I chose to make each series of work as a separate publication. The advantage of doing this meant I could consider formats and materials which would enhance each concept. Having looked at high quality finishing and being disappointed with the outcome I wanted to try a new approach.

For the series Optimism Revisited I chose to create a smaller format which I think gives a more personal aspect to presenting this work. This work is very much about the phenomological response of the viewer, the feeling the viewer gets from looking at these pictures. The process I used makes these photographs appear similar to watercolour sketches, I wanted to emulate this in a lightweight journal type format. I chose a  blurb format but also wanted to retain a personalised approach, so added a handmade card insert and sign each copy.

The edition is available to buy here