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Decorating Your Home With Art Deco Design

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Back in the 1920s to 1930s, art deco design was very popular. In that time period, art deco was considered to be functional, elegant, and ultra modern. Art deco designers would often reject the traditional ideas and materials of decoration and interior design, instead opting to use more unusual materials such as ebony, marble, stainless steel, lacquer, aluminum, inlaid wood, sharkskin, and zebra skin. The use of harder, metallic materials to construct the furniture used in art deco design were to reflect the celebration of the machine age. Sometimes, art deco designers would alter the furniture they had to give it more of a look that fit the art deco interior design.

One way is to add more furniture pieces and accessories that have black and green tones to your room, as black and green are primary colors in art deco design. Adding intriguing and unusual accessories, such as distinctive artwork, is another way to add to the art deco flavor of your room. Another way is to have wall-to-wall carpet that coordinates well with the art deco design of your room. This would include having neutral color carpet to help soften up the intensity of the art deco interior design. You should also pay attention to the lighting in your room, as it should match up well with art deco decorating. Lamps with geometric glass shades often work best with art deco interior design.

In addition to artificial lighting, you should also consider the natural lighting from your windows and the window treatments. With art deco design, going with ordinary-looking drapes may be your best option, though if you want to have people focus on your window style, you could consider using vintage
drapes instead.

Decorating your home with art deco design involves using materials that are different from traditional materials, such as ebony, marble, stainless steel, sharkskin, and zebra skin. Lacquering is also a key component in art deco design. Art deco also emphasizes clean lines and geometric shapes, especially strong, sharp angles. Art deco design continues to make a comeback after being very popular in the 1920s and 1930s; if you want an ultra modern, functional, yet elegant design, art deco would likely be your best interior design option.

How to Find Celebrity Art in Galleries

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Galleries are one of the most common places to display these pieces of art. Often, shows will be put on in a gallery which can either display the entire collection of one artist or take some pieces from many different artists and show them all. When one of these shows are exhibited where many different artists participate, they will generally follow a certain theme in all of the work that they present. This theme could follow a certain celebrity, such as commemorating the glamor of the 1950s movie stars.

Other occasions could have a celebrity artist putting up their own show with some of their most prized pieces. These shows are often large events as these celebrities could be proud of their work and will often invite all of their friends. These events can turn into a gala celebration, with a great number of celebrities there supporting their artist friend. Either way, these galleries can be a perfect example to find works of celebrity art.

One feature of galleries, which cannot be found in a museum, is that most pieces featured are in fact for sale. This allows anyone to find a piece that they particularly fall in love with and to purchase it. This can be a great investment, having a work either about or by a certain celebrity who your collection of other pieces of memorabilia just happens to be about. Indeed, these pieces are usually even autographed by the artist, giving you a great piece of autographed art to add into your collection. Not only can you potentially find a piece to fill your collection, but you may be making an investment for the future. No one knows how valuable that particular piece of art may be in 20 years.

Galleries will not always feature only new art, though. Sometimes the owners of a piece can put some art on display for the world. These can be pieces by famous celebrity artists that are part of a private collection that the owner still decides to display for the world. Many times, there pieces will have a price tag on them as well, allowing one to find a rare piece to add to the collection. If you are looking for some interesting, compelling pieces of celebrity autographed art, one additional place to take your search would be through many different art galleries.