الاثنين، 30 أكتوبر 2017

How To Avoid Common Mistakes When Hanging Contemporary Art Displays

By Henry Brooks


If you like to collect artwork, you probably also like to hang it for your pleasure and the enjoyment of others. It can be central to room design and decor. Unfortunately, a lot of people, who have great taste in art, fail when it comes to choosing how to hang the pieces. Things a professional designer would never do are common traps for amateurs trying to arrange contemporary art displays.

You most likely have friends and family who love the artwork on their walls and don't realize it is hanging way above eye level. This gives pieces a floating look that is certainly unintentional and not the best way to present any type of art. If you are guilty of this common mistake, it has an easy fix. You can enlist a friend to watch while you hang and let you know if the piece goes too high or off center.

Whether they are large or small, all rooms have scale. When you put something on a wall that doesn't match the scale of the room it will either overwhelm the space or get lost in it. This is another easy fix. You might add other pieces to create an interesting collage. You can also pretend the much too large or small piece was intentionally placed as an act of artistic license.

Some people see matching furnishings as a sign of affluence. Too much matching is usually a sign that the owner lacks imagination. When everything blends with everything else, including artwork on the walls, guests don't see anything. You can go the other way however, and mismatch to the point that the effect is jarring and confusing.

Along the same lines, you shouldn't have so many pieces on your walls that a person's eye doesn't know where to go. It doesn't do justice to really nice pieces, and you look like you don't know what you're doing. Less is more is a good rule of thumb in this instance. If you have a lot of work you want to enjoy, you can store some and rotate your collection periodically.

Your artwork doesn't have to be totally eclectic. It is fine to know what you like and buy it, but you can still vary the pieces by color, subject, and artist for instance. There is a fine line between pulling a room together with your wall hangings and creating a boring room because there is not enough diversity.

Collages can be hard to do well on a wall. There is more to it than just hammering nails in walls and indiscriminately hanging pictures from them. You have to have a plan before you start to put holes in your walls. You can draw one on paper or lay your pictures down on the floor and arrange them that way first.

Interesting artwork can make all the difference in the feel of a room. It can set a tone and create a mood. In order to make it work for you, you may have to do some experimenting. Once you have something that pleases you, you'll be glad you took the time.




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