Which Abstract Art? – Making A Strong Personal Statement
You are a connoisseur – when it comes to choosing a work of abstract art.
Just like choosing a good wine … it is all down to personal taste. If you like it then that is good enough – regardless of what others might think.
But how do you go about choosing the right painting to say what YOU want it to say. Different pictures make different assertions.
Here are some major statements:
1. Simply filling a wall space
2. Harmonizing your decor
3. Proclaiming your artistic prowess and astute eye for a good investment
4. Provocation
The first is in many ways the simplest to deal with. However, you do not want spaces filled with just anything so lets take a little time to consider the situation.
Choose a particular area – notice how the room relates to the space. The most common observation is of course that you are gazing at a number of straight lines – both horizontal and vertical. These in turn produce intertwining rectangles of varying sizes. Therefore the obvious choice would be to choose a work that is split up by straight...