Sunday, February 27, 2011

More images

I added a "more images" feature in order to allow each piece the ability to display up to 4 additional images. See Cherokee, Blue Smoke, Amarillo and Alto for examples.
I'm not thrilled about the solution as I was trying to do this w/o jscript or flash but in the end had to resort to "window.open"

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Beta release

Sent out the sneak peek last night to a select few and have appreciated the feedback so far. I decided to crank out a text search for the WORK page this morning. I also added some pieces owned by Cranbrook. I'll most likely let this steep for a few days and will release it mid-week. At that point, I will go on a blitzkrieg with the URL. Viva la KIPP!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

So close

I trimmed out the errant quotation marks and fixed the links that display when the WORK and HOME pages are initialized. There is an annoying flash after you click the link but I need to put that in the parking lot for now. I want to add an ARTICLES link in PUBLICATIONS but that is a parking lot item too.

I received a great note from Melissa Hartley at the Milwaukee Art Museum which included a couple of images of Bullfinch. I've been stalking this one for a while and to finally see it was a highlight of the day.

I also experimented a little this evening with an idea of creating stand-ins for work that doesn't have an image or the image has not been cleared by the owner. I would prefer to see the real objects on this site but in the meantime, I'm thinking about doing this:




Bullfinch

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Almost ready

Most of the pieces are building out but having some issue with targets within the iframes. Discovered "E" at the Vero Beach Museum of Art (thanks Shirley) and "Tan" from the Art in Process show.
Hope to have the site ready for select review by the end of the week.

Monday, February 21, 2011

More Edits

Had a few hours this weekend to code and adjust images. The WORK section is working now and added PUBLICATIONS section this morning...still working on ARTICLES. I have also decided to add a section for PUBLIC COLLECTIONS as opposed to just having the MAP. I am back filling photo credits so I need to look into most photos to determine where I found them years ago...hope to send out a preliminary release by this evening.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Coding continues...

I have continued to code an interface for the KIPP site. I like the artist sites that function as a one-stop source and also focus on the catalogue raisonne for a particular artist. Looking at sites by Koons, Ruscha, Caro and Hepworth for inspiration. Currently, the WORK will be driven by a flat file using PHP...makes it easy for anyone to maintain.
I'm still struggling with imagery. I feel that as long as a reciprocal link is provided and proper credit is given, why would interested people not want to share the imagery. To me, this is different than photography of people or places. When taking a photo of artwork, I struggle with who should "own" that photo. Maybe this is why most artists control those rights. I see a lot of folks on the web selling shots of sculpture without rights to do so.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Official Site Release

Finally bit the bullet and launched the official site so now the pressure is on.
I have to finalize the design to make sure it is dynamic enough for all devices and I need to settle on the format to display the information.
If you have other artists sites in mind that do this well, please send along a link.
This blog will feed into a news section of the site so i will make sure to keep the news coming as it pertains to KIPP and his work.
Sent him an introduction letter yesterday.