Carl Bistrack Walks Into an Art Gallery Wearing a Crash Helmet Carrying His

Portfolio

He expects to be art-and-soul-bashed from both sides of Art and Photography.

Wilmington, NC, March 20, 2018 --(PR.com)-- In the last few years, Carl Bistrack began visual
experimentation in a relatively new photo art collage media. Originally, he was a commercial/Industrial
film producer in his own company Film Flair for 25 years. His departure from the film industry for
several-years, working with his patented writing instruments to relieve hand difficulty, took him away
from the film media field. He missed the habit of visualization - finding the best way to portray images
and thought. He took up digital photography. What started as a well-meaning enjoyment and hobby,
turned into an Art Vs Photography, Me Vs Them dispute that led to him to wearing a safety crash helmet.

Developing his technique, he found just taking a photo didn't accomplish the final result he worked for. It
was a start. He still had a film script mentality and found a way to create his story-telling images. A
completed piece was made up of multiple images. Many contained 20 or more visual pieces that became
the photo collage - a completed photo script that had a beginning, middle, and end. The visuals were
interesting, innovative and some a little offbeat, humorous, or wacky.

That was the time to get his work into art galleries. But, the discovery: There's a business difference
between a gallery selling an actual art piece or a photo. Art is a unique hand drawn oil, acrylic, or water
painting. A photo is a print and may be one of many prints sold. The artists piece is a single work on
canvas. A photo print on canvas can be reproduced multiple times. For the gallery, an art piece may be
one-at-a-time uniqueness and financial differences. For photograph, the interested buyer can, if desired,
go to a photographers web site and buy a print of the subject possibly more cheaply and a different size
than that displayed in the gallery. So then, why would a gallery want to display a work the
viewer-potential customer can buy themselves on the photo persons internet site?

Displaying photo art in a gallery has not been discussed openly. When presenting photo art collage work,
relationships with a gallery owner has been anything but straightforward or cordial. Rejection presents
itself in many forms: "The artist waiting list is on overload,” a sudden business meeting, criticism of
work, the paper or canvas it's printed on, subject and composition differences - anything stated other than
the reality of a gallery business needs. Rejection takes many forms.

Carl Bistrack is forming the tools to accommodate the viewer and art gallery. His work has been proven.
“Halloween Hurricane” was chosen out of 707 nationwide entries for a 125 piece landscape exhibit in
Maryland Federation of Art Gallery Annapolis, MD. “Clams” was chosen out of 3000 entries for a 150
piece exhibit of North & South Carolina artists held at the Elders Art Gallery Charlotte, NC.

He is entering the art world and still collecting information to understand the benefit of all involved:

- Does the viewer/buyer prefer seeing a work in person, or on a website?

- Should a photo-artist restrict the number of prints made on a particular subject or all?

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- Should a photo website not show the prices and options - left for inquiries only?
- Will all benefit - art gallery and photo person? Can you suggest which is the best way?

The safety helmet he wears is only a temporary means to take hits on the curves needed to find the best
straight path.

See www.carlbistrack.com
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Carl Bistrack
910-399-4232
Contact via Email
www.carlbistrack.com
215-301-5674

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