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WHY DO P EOP L E BUY AR T ? Richard Embrey
AN ART GUIDE
Why do people buy art? Is it to match the colour scheme and theme of a room, or to stand on its own as a piece of art? Buying art for interior design purposes, where it is selected mainly for its colour and pattern, is common place and of course fine.
However, this does mean that the art lacks depth,
emotional impact and is not always something that people want to repeatedly look at for a long period of time; as it soon blends
into the background and is ignored. This is
because such ar t is usually Abstract and it has become a substitute for the wallpaper that previous generations decorated their walls with. Abstract ar t, like wallpaper, can lack the depth of interest of a piece of ar t that has been painted to really represent a scene, or aspect of life.
As its subject is more real, it holds more interest to be viewed over
the many years that it is par t of
I believe this is a shame and means that too much Abstract art is just decoration and that there is too much Abstract art being produced, mainly as it is easier to do.
If you like ar t, then with a little effort and money, the enjoyment of an or iginal piece of art can transform your
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room. Even an original piece of abstract ar t will vastly improve the look of your room over a print of a famous painting, or decorative ar t. Unfor tunately today, even though there are many times as many ar tists work ing than there were a few decades ago, the prices in galleries are still quite high.
Most Art Galleries prices star t in the low thousands and it is hard to find original ar t for a few hundred pounds. However, as an alternative to buying a pr int of the likes of Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh etc, you can search for new ar tists work on Instagram and the algor ithm will soon star t mak ing suggestions on your feed.
ENTERTAINMENT AR T G U ID E
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