6 Pieces for Placing
When it comes to designing your home with graphic art works, I believe each work should be used for inspiration and serve some symbolic meaning to yourself. Strategic placement of these works can be useful in changing the ambience and tone of an environment that encourages a certain type of outlook and feeling in life.
If I could adorn my place with any artworks, they would be related or carry significance to the field I wish to enter soon: graphic design.
Here are six works that I wouldn’t mind adding to my home:
Jade Cove and High Country Valley by Eyvind Earle.
These two works would be placed on each side of my window that looks out towards a scenic view of the mountains. In also portraying scenic views, they would serve as reminders of what art is in contrast to reality when looking out the window; the stylistic power of art to change reality and exude a certain feeling, all done through simplistic linear forms, elegant organic shapes and beautiful color palettes that are in harmony to relationships in the color wheel.
The next work is a generative artwork done by Tim Hodkinson which at first looks like a simple cluster of clouds that have been streaked into a black background. This work would be placed by the wall of my bed, to let my imagination run wild with stories every night and discover new ideas for drawings. The figures are undistinguishable and yet morph into anything you desire.
The fourth work is a graphic recreation of everyone’s beloved Nintendo characters Mario and Bowser in a very stylized Japanese setting by Xiao Bao. This work would be placed on the door to remind myself the fun and greatness of graphic design to spin around something already beloved and make it more enjoyable and humorous.
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The fifth work is “Heavy Circles” by Kandinsky, and the sixth work is an illustration done by Russ Mills. These works would fit most appropriately by my design work area to remind me of the challenges of portraying emotion and to never stop in finding new methods that connect to the audience. I aspire to Kandinsky’s ability to convey language and feelings without the necessity of recognizable symbols, forms, or words. Lasting impressions are greater when the audience is able to find a connection to a piece, which I find relevant to advertising and design in my area of study.
