thanks...
Okie-dokie dude,
Thanks. I forgot about the garage sale pollock!
And from one "pain in the ass" to another-- thank you for not taking offense at my comments. I do enjoy the back and forth, and sometimes I can come across weird in print. It's no fun if you can't have a good argument, and you seem to embrace that spirit.
I probably over reacted to your brown and beige carpet tree because I just get kind of sad every time I think about the 1970's in a design sense.
After the 50s and 60s, it was a very clunky "oak-and-twine" kind of world, in my opinion. My favorite weird thing about the 70's is how they would put real wood on the same object with fake (photographed) wood. And even got kind of tricky with it, as if it were a fine craft!
I must admit, I actually like that "fake with real" look on some of the old mid- century Danelectro/Silvertone guitars. Also, the New York artist (and designer) Richard Artschwager also did some real funny whack-o things with fake wood on his sculpture too.
Brown and beige carpet does indeed rock if one enjoys the 1970's. I can see your point, (believe it or not!)
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No worries. I've always been up for a good debate. I know a lot of people on here really love the 60's era, as do I but I have to look for every decade from 1890 all the way to 1990 (not beyond) for my store clients. I have to find art for every person from those decades looking for that special piece they grew up with. I really love all decades in that time frame, as they all brought something unique to the table. Machine Age, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Atomic, Mid-Century.... They all had cool stuff, and there's so much that can be mixed together to create it's own work of art.
I have a giant 1920's neon clock in my dining room, with a 1980's Pac-Man cocktail table sitting next to it. A 1959 Lagardo Tackett Egghead on a 1970's chrome and smoked glass end table, with my 1960's Bertoia Spray Sculpture sitting near it. A 1960's Ingmar Relling Siesta chair in the corner of my bedroom with a 1980's 7 foot Swatch Maxi wall clock to the left of it. In the other corner, a 1920's chrome Freshn'd Aire fan with bakelite propellor blades, and a 1970's chrome Laural rain floor lamp next to it. It goes on and on. I guess I'm just all over the board with what I see as art, and how I arrange it.
I was born in 74, so I get to take most of the entire past in, without prejudice, or favoring a specific decade by default, like most that grew up in certain era's. Now when it comes to music I really love the 60's the most. Pink Floyd is my all time favorite band, and I love listening to Careful With That Axe Eugene, or Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, or Atom Heart Mother, while I kick back on the sofa, and stare it all these pieces I've weaved together, into what I would call a work of art from all decades, on a giant scale.
I enjoy emptiness...
... in between my Eames units and armshells, that is...
I guess my favorite art is by those southern californa light and space guys... They objectified light and nothingness better than anyone. Made light tangible. Robert Irwin, Doug Wheeler, James Turrell, etc.
Oh and Nelson clocks. Gotta have those to punctuate the emptiness. And a first year womb chair with hard foam. No ottoman in the first year. Love it.
Sounds like you have a touch of horror-vaccui there dude! (Horror-vaccui is the fear of empty spaces)
Speaking for myself, simple changing light in a beautiful empty space is as good as any object I have ever seen. I like windows.
With windows, I don't need a painting? With nature, I don't miss art.
Sounds like you you have to thin the herd there dude! LOL. Or at least a good swab... Sounds like you have no working filter at the moment... thats fine.
Overload can be cool too. But not the way I do it. My breakfast table has a pile of crap on it at all times. Needs a swab.
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