Monday, May 16, 2005
Rise of the 'chocolate brown blotch'
Coming to a carboot sale in 2012...
Seems IKEA and HABITAT will be making a mint for a while...
full article at
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | Rise of the 'chocolate brown blotch'
"Psychologist Dr Alison Kidd found popular taste in art has broken free of the established "great artists" and people are increasingly comfortable in choosing what they like rather than what experts believe is good.
She says while the market for art has been growing, most people are not interested in famous names
Conversations with people looking for framed posters reveals that they seek out a particular colour and shape irrespective of who painted it.
A popular trend at the moment is for "minimalist, blotchy, brown, chocolate canvasses". Others, she says, simply want something "for instance blue and stripey", a change from the past."
Seems IKEA and HABITAT will be making a mint for a while...
full article at
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | Rise of the 'chocolate brown blotch'
