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White or Blank Art?

wilma — Wed, 19 May 2021 14:43:16 GMT

I'm not sure if I would call this artwork "white" or "blank". I'm assuming the idea was to keep everything black and white, but I don't like the look. It just looks strange to me to have black frames with nothing inside. Brightly colored artwork would probably be too jarring in the space. I think black and white prints of some kind would look better.

What do you think?

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Sooner — Wed, 19 May 2021 14:46:03 GMT

I would bet they have some texture, a dot in the middle or layered textured white paint.

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spiderw — Wed, 19 May 2021 14:48:21 GMT

I do not care for this look at all. What is the purpose of hanging blank frames. In fact the entire area is very unappealing.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Wed, 19 May 2021 14:52:18 GMT

@wilma I agree with you. It is a very strange thing to do to hang pics with no prints......I really don't care for the space from what I can see. I agree though that black and white prints would have looked better!

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wilma — Wed, 19 May 2021 14:55:03 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
I would bet they have some texture, a dot in the middle or layered textured white paint.

@Sooner

Possibly. Tried zooming in or enlarging the photo to see details, but all I got was a blurry photo.

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Desert Lily — Wed, 19 May 2021 15:13:31 GMT

I agree with the poster who thought that there's probably some type of texture or design. The canvases are not pure white, so I think that could be possible. In addition, there might be an embossed representation.

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Imaoldhippie — Wed, 19 May 2021 15:29:54 GMT

Good heavens no, how boring.

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jeanlake — Wed, 19 May 2021 16:23:53 GMT

Is this one of those 'made you look' art pieces? Area is clean and tidy, which I like. I need color and pattern, though. Thank you for sharing

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eddyandme — Wed, 19 May 2021 17:35:58 GMT

Prints, definitely.

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Patriot3 — Wed, 19 May 2021 20:12:25 GMT

I see no sense in this at all.

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sceniccoast — Wed, 19 May 2021 20:26:58 GMT

@wilma

I agree with you, black/white prints would go nicely with the frames. Or, possibly, soft pastel color print against the black frame for a nice contrast.

Thanks for sharing.

Re: White or Blank Art?

stevieb — Wed, 19 May 2021 23:23:16 GMT

For quite some time now, just about anything can be called 'art'. Hard for me to judge in this instance because the picture is quite small and I can't really see the alleged art very well.

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CAMOGIRL — Thu, 20 May 2021 10:51:07 GMT

I think they would have been better off hanging nothing.

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shoptilyadropagain — Thu, 20 May 2021 13:02:20 GMT

For the most part, I really like the living room but would make a few tweaks.....those artless frames would be the first to go!

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DREAMON — Fri, 21 May 2021 17:04:15 GMT

I like the room but the blank art is silly.....what will they come up with next!

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wilma — Fri, 21 May 2021 16:49:11 GMT

@stevieb wrote:
For quite some time now, just about anything can be called 'art'. Hard for me to judge in this instance because the picture is quite small and I can't really see the alleged art very well.

@stevieb

Sorry it's so small. I had no idea it was that small until I posted it.

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stevieb — Fri, 21 May 2021 16:59:14 GMT

@wilma Hope that didn't sound like a criticism. It wasn't intended as such, but just as an explanation for why I couldn't say more. Short of saving it, which I didn't want to do, I tried but couldn't seem to enlarge it to get a better view. In theory, I agree. That's not 'art' I'd consider having on my walls.

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wilma — Fri, 21 May 2021 17:24:11 GMT

@stevieb wrote:
@wilma Hope that didn't sound like a criticism. It wasn't intended as such, but just as an explanation for why I couldn't say more. Short of saving it, which I didn't want to do, I tried but couldn't seem to enlarge it to get a better view. In theory, I agree. That's not 'art' I'd consider having on my walls.

@stevieb

No offense taken. Usually the photos we post are a nice size. Not sure why that one was so small.

Re: White or Blank Art?

Flatbush — Fri, 21 May 2021 23:15:03 GMT

Reminds me of The Emperors New Clothes

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Spurt — Sat, 22 May 2021 16:00:08 GMT

I dont like the blank "art work" and I dont care for the room either overall....