Introducing Art into your Home
“COLOR IS A POWER WHICH DIRECTLY INFLUENCES THE SOUL”
There is a definite irony in the fact that we live in a world surrounded by color, yet we choose to decorate our homes with so many neutrals in the hopes of creating calm surroundings. If you really think about it the most peaceful place to be is in nature. So although, neutrals in a home can be relaxing why would you want to cover those beige walls with bland artwork?
Imagine living in a world where everything is black, white or beige, it would have a massive impact on our emotions. Color is everything!
The 1980’s was the most colorful period in history, not only in fashion but art and music. Which is probably why everybody misses that decade so much.
I personally believe that we are being programmed by society. The main objective being to dumb down our emotions. We don’t even dress our children in bold colorful clothing anymore. supermodels saunter down the catwalks in neutral coloured clothing……. Where has the color in our lives disappeared to? We really must fight this with everything we have, because colors are deeply intertwined in our lives. They influence our emotions, perceptions and behaviours. They play a significant role in our daily experiences, from the aesthetics of our surroundings to the way we interact with the world.
Colors are more than just visual elements, they also play a vital role in communication, culture and our overall experience of the world. We often think of artwork as pictures or paintings that are hung on walls but you only have to look at Eastern Culture, specifically Ottoman Architecture which is renowned for its stunning blend of traditional and modern designs.
For example the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, The Süleymaniye Mosque and The Faith Mosque, also in Istanbul are truly masterpieces of Art. It’s very sad that in the Western world we have limited artwork to just pictures, paintings and objects when Art is more than that, Architecture is Art!!.
The reality is that it is not possible for us to recreate the indescribable decadence of those Mosques in our Western homes, and in reality many people prefer minimalism. However, there is the possibility of a compromise. There are many artists that used color in their Artwork that we can choose to include in our homes. One of these Artists was Wassily Kandinsky.
Wassily Kandinsky is still renowned as a pioneer of Abstract Art, characterized by his exploration of color, form and its emotional and spiritual impact. His style evolved from Post Impressionism moving onto the expressive style of Der Blaue Reiter and finally embracing geometric abstraction. He believed that art should transcend the representation of the physical world and convey deep universal truths through the language of color. His core concept was the idea of “Inner Necessity” meaning that art should be driven by the artists inner emotions and intuition rather than external appearances. His work significantly influenced the development of non representational Art and the emotional power of color and form.
I personally adore Kandinsky and have done for many years. Art is a personal preference, but everything about art should be free and expressed by our intuition! I also believe that it is fundamentally wrong to let our choice in Artwork be influenced by what’s currently trending.
If you consider yourself to not be Artistic, don’t be pressurized into copying generic artwork, let your mind run wild and take inspiration from some of the greatest artists of all time, but most importantly use your intuition, let the colors speak to you and remember the effect that colors have on our emotion. So choose wisely, because if the goal is to be happy in our home we need to choose colors that will create positive emotion and feelings in us and our family, including our children.
You could always let your children design their own artwork to hang in their bedrooms, maybe their intuition will guide them to choose bright colors that will inspire them to become creators and artists of the future.
Henri Matisse 1869-1954 (Modern Art) Leader of the Fauvist Movement
Mark Rothko 1903-1970 (Abstract Expressionism, Modern Art)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1868-1928 (Art Nouveau)
Piet Mondrian 1872-1944 (Modern Abstract)
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 (Modern Art, Surrealism and Analytical Cubism)
Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890 (Post Impressionism, Neo Impressionism)
