Sunday, June 21, 2009

Fine Art... ehem.. on Vinyl


Have you ever wanted a Picasso, Chuck Close or Jackson Pollack hanging in your house, but didn't wan't to pay the $10 -100 million for it. Want to bring the Sistine Chapel into your home, without all the tourists, Swiss guard's shushing and confiscating cameras? Why didn't DaVinci paint the Mona Lisa bigger, it's so tiny? All this an more can be solved thanks to Betterwall.com. With the perfect mixture of art and sustainability, Better Wall takes old art exhibit advertisement and resells them after the exhibit is done.

You know what I'm talking about, those massive Vinyl Ads that say things like "Frida Kahlo 'Triunfo y Tragedia'" which hang down the entirety of museum facades or gallery windows. Yeah, those. On sale. In your living room, classing the joint up a bit.

Chicks'll dig it I think. So Guys, get rid of the Natty Light neon, and put one of these on the wall to step up your game.

Here are the ones I want to buy, and I think you might be interested in too:



Chuck Close - Self Portraits - Double Sided with two of Close's best self portraits. These pristine examples of photorealism would be a super modern, and masculine addition to any space.



Bechtle - ’61 Pontiac - Staying the photrealism realm, this piece is another beautiful example. But, I'm even more tempted buy this one because of the absence of words. This really can act as a piece of art, from head to perfectly painted toe.



Renoir - Boating Party - Impressionism is awesome. Especially when your painting an impressionist painting of all of the great impressionist painters. This could be a cool kitchen or dining room addition.




Warhol - Self Portraits - Now that Apple Photbooth or any number of photo softwares allow you to Warhol yourself, I feel like the over use of the style has killed it. But, you have to give props to the originator, especially if you can have it hanging in your house. You could cut it or just fold it over to just leave the iconic faces, but I would keep this clean design of this piece as is. I think its beautiful and a great buy for any home.



Tiffany - Library Lamp - I'm including this because its my wife's name, and I love lamp. Brick, do you really love the lamp or are you just saying it cause you saw it?... I digress.

If you're looking to fill some or all the space on your walls, these are not only large, classy and beautiful, but they have real historical connotation to boot. They represent specific exhibit tours or showings, and may even be pieces of pop art in and of themselves one day.

Enjoy! Saw this on Outblush.com again.

2 comments:

  1. mmmm... one day when Lorraine and I have a bigger place...mmm.. and YOU FINALLY POSTED ON FACEBOOK!

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