Art Hijack
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Archive for June, 2011

Modern Art

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Modern Art
Modern art is something that many people do not understand. There are many a contemporary oil painting that features modern art that could find places in our homes, but the majority will choose landscape oil paintings rather than the more contemporary oil painting. This is because a lot of people don’t really understand modern art and will look at it as just a series of shapes or colours that don’t ‘look like’ anything, and which they could recreate using their current art abilities. However this is a big injustice and it really misses the point of modern art.

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Artful Artisan

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Artful Artisan

When someone is choosing a gift for another person very often they are at a loss as to what to get and can be worried that the person they are buying it for is not really going to like it. But if they choose a piece of artisan jewelry as the gift then they are choosing something special, and the receiver is guaranteed to love it. Every person is unique and special, and so is every piece of jewelry. Because it is handmade each item will be different from the last, unlike an item of jewelry that has been mass produced. Gifts that are designed to celebrate a special occasion such as a birthday, anniversary or wedding, should be as special as the occasion warrants. And there is nothing more special than giving the gift of something nobody else has, or ever will have. The making of such beautiful artwork is seeing a decided increase in popularity, with many more designs and designers showcasing their items on the internet as well as at craft markets and stores.

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Using Art

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Using Art
Carrying an attach case and a brolly, you can see a man looking out facing backward in the picture, he is wearing a trench coat and a bowler hat. I am rather curious about the entire thing. It is this image that one corporation is making use of to tell people about itself.

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