Samee Eko "The Arts"

Art is a very broad concept and is used as a means to express thought of one and put it on the canvas. It also relates to arrangement of different pictures and symbols that relate to each other and together form a piece of art. Art has come a very long way from the ancient times. Earlier our ancestors used to draw with pieces of stones on mountains, trees and any kind of surfaces. They used it for various uses like storing of information or aiding others to find the desired info. Slowly with the change in centuries and various developments been given way to, art also took on its path of development and various aspects and sections were thus evolved. Today art is visible in various forms from the drawing the sketches done on children’s drawing book, a highly impressive website with amazing graphics, a banner or a bill board on the road or simply decorating the tempting dishes with relevant garnishing.

Art has its various forms like abstract art, contemporary art, modern art etc. Each country has their specific form of art pertaining to its culture. In the 19th century many individuals took up art as a hobby and tried to express themselves in the canvas. Soon the hobby was translated into work as they realized that the art forms created by them can be offered to the world. Of these forms abstract and modern art happens to be the depiction of the depiction of the works produced during the ancient times that is roughly from the mid 18th century to the mid 19th century. Through the man art one gets to see the revolutionary concepts which occurred in the ancient time period with regard to architecture, literature and art. Abstract art and modern art has been characterized with the freedom to express one politically, emotionally and ultimately artistically. The art which we today see as a definite subject has gone through many phases, and new directions. It gathered tempo after the Second World War and headed towards its goal.

Today modern and abstract art paintings are the best way to decorate and complement ones house and apartments. Individuals have their full liberty to regard them as no return investments, valuable assets, priceless possessions or just regard it as a piece of decorative item, but possessing one modern art or abstract art painting is a must. Displaying art painting on the walls of your bedroom or living room will be a significant step to enhance the room features or completely translate the tone of the room. A painting has an inbuilt power and attribute to make the atmosphere more peaceful and serene. Art paintings can be brought by hunting through the galleries or reviewing varied artists works. But the other lucrative way is to make use of the internet as many renowned artists have started operating from the web as a platform.

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Summertime is a great time to shed all that heavy, dark winter decor and infuse some fresh new colors and lightness into your home. In the hot, grueling days of July and August, you want your home to provide a cool retreat, an escape from those “dog days” of summer. One of the easiest ways to achieve this is with the wall art you select to go with your summertime design. Art prints and other wall decor can really set the tone for summer. Here are some great ideas on how to use framed art pictures to create a light and airy ambiance in your home.

Art for a Beach-Inspired Decor

Nothing says summer like a beach decor, and creating a beach cottage feeling in your home can make you feel like you’re on holiday all summer long. This is easily achieved by swapping out your regular knick-knacks with interesting shells and other ocean-themed items, and adding some light slipcovers to your couch and other living room seating. Then use some framed art pictures featuring beach and ocean themes to round out the look. You might go for a traditional seaside scene such as Beach Bunch by Lin Seslar, or choose a more breathtaking vista like Diane Romanello’s Summer Moments II. Or you could take a more nostalgic approach and hang an image that reminds of those summer beach jaunts of the past, such as Summer Breeze by Richard Judson Zolan or Summer by Frank Weston Benson. Either way, beach-themed framed art can bring a whole new dimension to your home decor.

Using Art to Bring the Outdoors In

Summer-themed home designs take advantage of all this season has to offer in terms of color, light, and texture, and framed art pictures can help you capture all the sights and smells of the outdoors at this time of year. In this case, look for images suffused with the warmth and brightness of a summer day. Summer Breeze by Alice Dalton Brown is a great example of this, as you can practically feel the warm summer breeze floating in past the curtains. The wonderful light and bright colors captured in The Glory of Summer by Heinz Voss will help brighten up any room. Even something like Monet’s Chrysanthemum, 1897, will bring all the warm summer colors into your living room.

Add a Tropical Flair to Your Home with Wall Art

For a bolder look, introduce the bright colors of the tropics into your home. Bright slipcovers and throw pillows that incorporate floral prints along with a beautiful flower centerpiece can really spruce up the look. Find tropical wall art to complement your color scheme showcasing panoramic vistas or abstract forms. Art that features palm trees and ocean views like Tropical Beach and Summer Love brings the tropical theme into focus. Or go with Ethan Harper’s floral prints Summer I and Summer II, which can really add simplicity and color to the decor.

By incorporating framed art pictures into your summer decor, you can create a look that provides an escape during those hot summer months. When you decorate your home for summer, you create a colorful, light feel that you can enjoy all summer long.

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People get tired looking at the same things over a long period and look for change. Any change requires lot of money. Fearing expenditure people tend to compromise and live in the same décor. It is no longer necessary to be frightened of expenditure. New look can be added to a house by placing a few cheap canvas prints. One need not buy from the market any more. It is possible to print one as per choice. Themes can be decided and wonderful prints can be obtained. Gather some of the old photos and give them a new life by turning them into cheap canvas prints.  The method of getting such good looking prints is not very expensive. Art work that looks expensive can be brought about by using personal photographs. It would also add personal touch to the room where ever it is placed. Memories of a child can be turned into a cheap canvas print to be placed in the child’s bedroom. A holiday which one enjoyed can be used as a theme. A cheap canvas print can change the whole mood in the house.

Printing child’s art works is one way of preserving the memories. They can be seen long after the child has grown up. Some times a graphic design which looks like modern art can be used as a canvas print design. Sky is the limit for imagination, as any piece of paper which can produce a high resolution photograph or a scan can be turned into a canvas print. The only condition is that the photo has to be in digital format. Once it turns into a digital format editing can be done to improve the picture before printing. Effects can be added or imperfections can be removed as long as it is still in the computer. A well crafted canvas print can make people speculate the price. There are people who like to take nature or flowers as their theme.

Lovely floral canvas prints are available in the market. Different styles are there to create different moods. Some have soothing nature where as some are smokey and mystical in nature. There are some which are good for bathrooms with their thick foliage and fresh leaves. There are some modern and abstract pieces which add mystery to any bedroom. One has to take care of the size of the floral canvas print. It has to be chosen according to the size of the room. Very large ones can also be used to give an affect of an open window. A floral canvas print can be placed any where in the room to give various kinds of effects. Arrangement can be left to the imagination of the people living in the house. Any drab thing can be turned into interesting decoration with slight imagination.

With Floral canvas prints on hand and slight imagination it would not be very difficult to change the look of the house and get rid of the feeling of seeing the same things over and over again.

Cornerhouse Art Centre, located in the heart of Manchester is an international centre for contemporary visual art. However, it is more than just a centre for art; it is a cinema, art gallery, bookshop, bar, cafe and a place for debate. Cornerhouse Art Centre can also be defined as the perfect setting to get away from it all.

Cornerhouse Art Centre was envisaged by the Greater Manchester Visual Arts Trust of which the members were aficionados of visual and performing arts and film. They firmly believed that Manchester was in need of a space for contemporary arts. Therefore, with the assistance of several local organisations the old furniture shop situated on Oxford Road was selected as the place to launch this mission.

In 1985, Cornerhouse opened its doors housing three cinemas, two bookshops and three art galleries. It was made to offer its visitors a place to discover contemporary arts at its best amidst a relaxing ambience. Therefore, this alluring centre for art also comes with a bar and cafe. The bar is known to be a popular meeting place for those who are keen on the pop culture.

This place of information and entertainment offers events and educational programmes each month for those interested in film making. The art galleries showcase modern art exhibitions which mainly include work by innovative and renowned international artists. Cornerhouse also hosts many events and festivals such as Doodlebug Day which is a graffiti festival. Yet another famous event hosted at this fine art centre includes the New Contemporaries which is an exhibition executed by the best recently graduated artists.

Cornerhouse was put in place with an important motive to bring together artists, film producers and audiences. This intriguing centre for contemporary visual art and film has today become a fascinating tourist attraction. There are numerous Manchester accommodation options that provide all the essential facilities for travellers to conveniently explore Cornerhouse. The vast number of Manchester hotels welcomes guests with warm hospitality, friendly service and a host of modern amenities.

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How do contemporary art auctions work?

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Contemporary art being sold of for over £80,000 each! Who decides which artists are allowed to auction their work off? How is this decided? Why is it being sold for so much?

Answer
There is a very good consensus about what art is valuable and what art isn’t. Mainly the reason is that work from that artist previously sold for a high price.

It’s all craziness.

Decorating the walls of a house is quite a common trend. It is really difficult to look for good wall decorating pieces at affordable prices. Paintings were so expensive that it was impossible to buy them. There was a constant search for new and decent looking wall decorations. People get vexed watching the same wall hangings for years; which is why they often yearn for a change. Any change involves lot of money and it is not possible to spend money every time a change of décor is desired. New printing technology has made it possible for a frequent change of wall decorations. Cheap canvas prints can be used to fulfill such requirements.

Some of the most favorite photographs can be turned in to cheap canvas prints which look no less than luxury pieces. It is possible to turn personal photographs into expensive looking art works. It helps in preserving the memories and one can have a look at them all the time. It gives an opportunity to relive those moments again and again. One can choose a theme, create mosaics of it and turn it into canvas prints. It can be done with a fraction of the cost of a painting. Any old photos which can be scanned with good resolution can be turned into fabulous looking cheap canvas prints.

Practically anything, an art work of a child or a graphic design created long ago, can be used to get great looking canvas print. A scanned painting or a photo has to be uploaded into a computer for analysis before printing. By using the right kind of canvas, it is easy to get some of the stunning decorative pieces which would instantly attract the attention of the guests. It has the strength to drastically change the ambience of the room. People are turning to luxury pieces of canvas prints which are surprisingly priced low. As it does not cost much, people tend to get one for each room. The theme can be changed from room to room depending upon personal choice.

Nature can be brought in to the house by hangingfloral canvas prints in the room. It creates a very pleasant feeling. Having floral themes as wall decorations is really inspiring and soothing.  People who love nature can have a floral canvas print as the focus of their bedroom wall. The colors and the picturesque beauty that one enjoys are totally personal. A nice canvas print can be used next to a recliner to have a feeling of relaxation. The choice of a canvas print depends on the room in which it needs to be hung.

A large magical floral canvas prints would add brilliance to the room and would look like a large window opening into a lovely garden. The size of the print depends on the size of the room. Each style of the print exhibits a different kind of mood. While selecting a print, make sure that it has the right effect that one is looking for. It could add cheer or mystery to one’s room in which it has to be placed.

I have been turned down several times by some ignorant gallery owners on both sides of the fence for their lack of interest in African Art. In their words African Art is primitive. The sad thing is that our so-called elites gallery owners do not get it too. In most cases they are worst and very ignorant and naïve about African art. How long are we going to allow these false monsters of the past run wild in our present time?
I have realized that truth is usually a hard pill to swallow but we must confront our past for a better tomorrow.

We have been forced to look down on ourselves. They held our minds captive with the television, print media, history books or documentaries of their explorers that were written supposedly for them, but ended up in our nation’s schools bookshelves for mind alteration and economic exploitation. Maybe I am missing something; please tell me the expectation of an educator who thought the grand children of Amina in Nigeria, that River Niger was discovered by Mongo Park.

The same River Niger, where their grand ma, Anina bath, swam, fetched water, they have known and played in the river all their lives and in fact the legend had it that their grandpa Obi was among the men that guided and guarded the strange White man from the wild beast of the jungle. Instead of a letter of appreciation, their great grand children are forced and feed lies of the incident in the name of education.

They constantly used whatever they can to accomplish their vision. The invention of television became an effective tool for manipulation of generations with ease using Jacob’s vision power of increase, Genesis 30: 31 – 43, for their negative agenda. There is power in what we hear and see. That is more reason they will never show you good side of Africa.

During the era of European avant-garde artists, there were prolific African Artists such as ‘Aina Onabolu’ and many others whose works were never considered modern. Obviously including them in their modern era will mean making them equal with their counterparts in Europe. You know what that means to black man who was supposed to be picking cottons. “European modern art” was the biggest scam on African Art. They took the best of our forefathers and kicked us to the trash.    

They knew what they were doing and the effect of these centuries of bad seeds is what we see today in Africa and beyond. It is very common to see African professionals, highly educated but with no knowledge of self and very much whiter than the white, if you know what I mean. I have walked into a financial firm in Atlanta, owned and managed by some Nigerians and the issue of African Art came up, One of the owners was asked what type of art do have hanging on your wall. You need see him go off with pride and talked eloquently on modern art at the end he declared that he doesn’t want to be associated with African Art.

You can imagine how that made me feel, having studied art and taught art professionally to hear a Nigerian elite in the position of power and influence, to promote our arts and culture, out rightly rejected his inheritance. I didn’t wait to ask why? He went off again to talk about crime and the world image of Nigeria. At this point I struggled to hold myself
from exploding before other nationalities in the company. I am by no means in support of any crime but if man should disown his nation because of crime and western media propaganda, the problem is way deeper than it appears. I asked him again respectfully if any of these nationalities working in Nigeria have pulled out their oil drilling machines and abandoned their mansions in Nigeria since the 419 propaganda started? I didn’t see him jump up with an answer this time. Tell me where there is no fraud and crime.

This nice brother is one of the millions of African souls lost to this false and mean world of conspiracy and selfish vision of racism and imperialism. You might be wondering what is this got to do with modern art. But the truth is that, there was nothing modern about the works of the European avant-garde artists other than punch of copycats, imitators and plagiarists in conspiracy with their racist writers, art critics and art historians to make wrong right. Once again they gave themselves names, cubism, modern art and shoved it down our throat like always.

They covered the truth of plagiarizing African Art and started their usual evil naming ceremonies for their selfish goals. Who named the Primitive Art and Modern Art? Take a close look at their so-called primitive art and look at the modern art and decide for yourself. Who named the Tribal Art? These are the same people whose lists of names consist of Negro, Aborigines, Nigger, and Black, Gypsy, White, Red, Yellow, and People of Color to mention a few. What good has these names done to mankind other than division and control. Let us face the truth, because truth is the heart of freedom. There is more to names than we can imagine hence God had to change people’s given names to accomplish his mission in their lives. It has been and will always be demonic and its time to reject such names for our true purpose and relationship with one another.

Lets look into more facts in the part 2 coming soon.

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Although Victorian interior design doesn’t suit everyone’s tastes, the Victorian style can be adapted and implemented in a variety of pleasing ways. Whether you decide to replicate a true Victorian drawing room, or simply wish to add a Victorian touch here and there, the following general themes can serve as a guide.

Victorian Colors

With color, you can go one of two ways. Light colorwashes typify rural homes in the early Victorian era, while deeply vibrant colors reflect the more upscale Victorian home. Bright colors, including reds, greens, oranges, and blues, are appropriate, as are deep, dark earth colors.

But the Victorian color story doesn’t stop there. Victorian rooms most often used one central color, but incorporated many other colors as well. The Victorians were not known for their tone-on-tone sensibilities. Green, blue, and yellow may be the palette of one room, while red, orange, and brown might be incorporated into another.

Victorian Textures

Color is only the first chapter in Victorian decorating, as the use of texture in Victorian rooms is key. Texture is achieved in a wide variety of ways. Moldings, for example, are a central element in Victorian design. Wallpaper is also used extensively, particularly floral, scrolled patterns and embossed wallpaper. Similarly, texture is achieved through techniques used in the application of paint, such as sponging, stenciling, and even painted leaves and trellises.

Victorian Fabrics

Texture is also expressed in Victorian interior design through the use of fabric. During the Victorian era, fabric was key, and was incorporated into heavy, ornate draperies that often featured elaborate valances with fringe and tassels. Furniture was covered in rich fabrications and upholstered in such a way as to add even more texture to the room.

A Modern Twist

Today’s eclectic decorating styles enable you to successfully bring a Victorian flair into your room or home without having to mimic every element of color, texture, and fabric. You can borrow from the rich color palette while maintaining modern furnishings, for example, or simply carry a Victorian theme throughout a single room or your home by using Victorian old prints.

Victorian Old Prints

Victorian old prints come from publications, such as magazines, newspapers, and books, from the 1800s. The antique prints are originals (as opposed to reproductions), and are prints made from either wood engravings or copper engravings. Many are in black in white, but others are hand colored.

Victorian old prints can reflect the social history of the era, with themes like architectural structures, fine art, and the theatre. They can also reflect historical events, such as war and battle ships. Many old prints depict the Victorian interest in classifying and cataloguing natural history, so you can find amazing botanical, bird, and animal prints.

Decorating with old prints is as simple as matting, framing, and hanging the art in your Victorian room or throughout your home. Victorian old prints bring a sense of authenticity and immediacy to your decorating efforts in a way that today’s fabrics, textures, and colors cannot.

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