Mark, break the rules again, and you're fired!
(Okay, that was a joke. I probably won't fire you. Did I scare you for a second?)
No, my real warning is this; I am not a fan of a lot of modern art. This post is obviously subject to my tastes and opinions, which may differ from yours. If you like a different style of art than me, feel free to laugh at this post and write your own. I promise that I don't mean to offend anyone!
If I owned an art gallery, this is what I would do:
1. Feature local artists. There are so many wonderful artists around us that are just waiting for a big break. Why not give them a chance?
2. I would not have any horrible modern art. By "horrible modern", I mean something like a painting of "white". You are welcome to obsess over the "different shades of white" as much as you'd like, but it stills looks like a blank canvas to me. I don't understand why you would display something like that, when you could display something that frankly, in my opinion, requires a far greater degree of skill and imagination, not to mention time.
3. I would include art from a variety of cultural backgrounds. I wish that art galleries could be a bit more eclectic; I would love to see paintings and sculpture from all over the world and read about them. It could be a history lesson and a chance to appreciate beautiful art all in one!
4. I would not insist on putting the art in some disgusting new attempt at "modern" architecture that looks like a piece of machinery that fell apart.
5. I would want to have a few hours of each day in which there would be a musical performance (preferably classical). Not everyone would enjoy listening to music as they looked at art (which is why the time of the performance would be limited), but, personally, I can't imagine much more inspiring than wandering through a gallery of beautiful paintings and listening to a nice song. I think that music is really meant to go with images; this way, if you're too lazy to think of them yourself, you automatically have inspiration. These two art forms would go very well together.
6. I would try to include a variety of selections by well-known artists as well. Getting them would be very difficult and perhaps unlikely, so I'm not sure I could promise this one (unless I took over the Louvre or something).
Just thinking about this makes me so happy. I really need to go to an art gallery. I wonder if there's one in Halifax...
-Laura
What? No lame modern art?
ReplyDeleteBut Laura, I want lame pieces like blank canvases! That way you can at least laugh at them, and you get a break from the general dreariness of an art gallery.