Imagine the conversation in this room.
Now imagine how the painting affects the conversation. Or doesn’t it?
Replace the painting with a reproduction of a 16th century nude. A portrait of Henry VIII. The descent from the cross by Rubens. A Bruegel landscape. A Norman Rockwell, the boys running past the “No Swimming” sign, blown up to 6 feet high.
We all know that a painting profoundly affects the feeling of a room. How does this painting by Albert Oehlen affect the feeling of the room?
https://artamaze.wordpress.com/2015/08/30/seeing-something-awful/
Photo of interior with Albert Oehlen painting from National Geographic.
Titian 1488-1576
Hans Holbein the Younger 1497-1543
Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640
Pieter Bruegel the Elder 1525-1569
Norman Rockwell 1894-1978
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