The Look of a Failed Art Aficionado

A demonstration of common mistakes made by art-loving yuppies. The poorly executed version is: artworks hung too high, forcing one to look up; all arranged in an equidistant line like a corridor bulletin board; each framed with the same wide gold frame; spotlights from directly above creating glare and shadows; sofa backrests higher than the bottom edge of the paintings, cutting off the artwork; dark-colored walls making dark paintings disappear. These are all results of treating art as mere decoration. Avoid: hanging the center line of the painting above 160 cm, using equidistant arrangement and uniform frames, using ceiling spotlights to directly illuminate and cause glass glare, or letting furniture obscure the lower edge of the artwork.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個示範常見錯誤的對照。做壞的版本是:作品掛得太高讓人必須抬頭、全部等距排成一列像走廊的公告欄、每一幅都配同樣的金色寬框、用嵌燈從正上方打出反光與陰影、沙發椅背高過畫的下緣把作品切掉、牆面漆成深色讓深色的畫消失。這些都是把藝術當裝飾品的結果。避免:把畫心中線掛到一百六十公分以上、使用等距排列與統一畫框、用天花嵌燈直打造成玻璃反光、讓家具遮住作品的下緣。