While some residents might decorate their homes and apartments into a comfortable living space full of family memorabilia and the minutiae of everyday life, others use their spaces to make statements about the things they are most passionate about. Three people in particular have been interviewed about how they express differently one common love: art.
Perhaps one of the most fascinating parts about art is how different people develop fondnesses for different styles of art. That means that an endless number of combinations of pieces from different artistic genres can completely change the look and feel of a home. While some art collectors are careful to cherish and honor the pieces they love, others are eager to change up the aesthetics by bringing in new artworks and switching up their displays.
One such collector finds art even more important than television, using a large, flatscreen TV to block guests from touching a spiked bronze wall hanging by one of his favorite artists. This man’s beautiful home looks almost like a museum, his favorite art pieces scattered throughout. What’s even more special is the narrative that is constructed through the display of these pieces. Paintings that might never have been considered in the context of other works of art now lend each other to explanation. The man even owns a statue of Buddha that wasn’t even supposed to be sold. Though it is now on loan to a museum in the United States, the man was so passionate about the statue that he repainted an entire wall to ensure it was displayed perfectly.
Another collector has married her artistic tastes with that of her husband’s. Though she was mostly exposed to Western art and her husband had stronger emotional ties with Eastern art, they were able to come together and see eye to eye on the pieces they displayed by going with a common theme — nature. Especially since their home is situated on a lush and green piece of property, having the theme of nature — no matter what region or era the paintings displayed in the house are from — really unites the collection of art.
For the third collector, no piece was too big to be left behind. He even had to use a crane to help lift a particularly large and heavy sculpture into his house. While the collector loves paintings, he admitted that they fell apart sooner than expected because of the hot and humid weather of Singapore. Since then, he started investing more in sculptures than anything else, mainly due to their durability. He loves for guests to take their time while studying the different pieces he has on display throughout his home, saying that the more they look, the more they uncover.
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To read more about the mini-exhibits inside the three residents’ homes, go to http://thepeakmagazine.com.sg/interviews/3-art-collectors-in-singapore-have-turned-their-homes-into-beautiful-galleries/.