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MARCH—APRIL 2013
7 tips on choosing & using
wall murals
paint the town! 10 top spots to see wall and street art!
art lovers
the
issue!
Bernhardt Furniture Showroom High Point, North Carolina
(Fall 2012)
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A dramatic display of art and furniture came together at Bernhardt Furniture’s showroom during the Fall 2012 furniture market in High Point, North Carolina. See more photos on page 3.
… AT LARGE! Art
EDITOR Loreen Epp
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… AT LARGE! Art
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Ever heard the saying ‘go big or go home’?
Forget all that.
Now you can ‘go big at home’!
OVER-SIZED ART HAS NEVER BEEN MORE POPULAR… with street art taking on a life of its own in cities, and mural-sized prints of history’s most breathtaking paintings available at affordable prices.
Inside our homes, murals can create a masterpiece out of a simple room… focusing our eyes on a big idea and inspiring some rather compelling room color schemes.
Ever been told to
‘go big’ or ‘go
home’ ?
Now you can
go big ‘at’ home!
Now, just to be clear, we’re just not talking murals of the 1970s that simulated an outdoor scene or put a Tahitian beach scene outside your window. Thankfully, today’s mural suppliers offer more sophisticated choices… and they’ve never had so many looks (or sizes!) to choose from. With more artistic images, more digital capabilities and more affordable printing, fine quality mural designs—including prints of some of history’s most masterful paintings— are at your fingertips.
From enlarged prints by the likes of Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Monet... to graffiti-style street art, pop art, photography and exciting graphic patterns, there really is something for everyone today.
So forget heading to Sotheby’s to buy a famous canvas. And bid farewell to puny prints on your walls. Today you can bring home a big dose of color and art for less money, in most cases, than buying a framed piece of art from the furniture store.
Murals will add drama to your home! They’ll create a one-of-a-kind look and spruce up walls with as much impact as a new paint color… but without the commitment of wallpaper. And they promise to be memorable and conversation-worthy wherever they’re placed.
Ahead… some inspiration! We mixed sofas by Bernhardt, lamps from LampsPlus.com and murals from MuralsYourWay.com to reveal just a few ways you can go big in your own living room (or any room in the house)!
Art murals covered the walls of Bernhardt Furniture’s showroom at the 2012 fall Furniture Market in North Carolina. Hung next to elegant living room settings, over-sized Baroque- and Romantic-era art prints were used to add “touches of gold, punched-up graphics and happy energy color surprises”, said the company. It worked!
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Adding a big-scale mural to your room is a fun and
surprisingly affordable way to add art to your room.
But choose carefully. Murals don’t require the
same time or dollar outlay as paint or wallpaper, but picking the right image—
one that’ll stand the test of time and good taste—
is important!
‘going big’ 7 tips on
Very chic! An over-sized mural of Vermeer’s famous Girl with a Pearl Earring is paired with a handsome sofa and lamp that complement it. Click on each of the images for product info!
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with art
1 Chose quality artwork!
Stick with prints of famous
artwork, words, graffiti or
patterns. Skip realistic
photos of places. Unless in black-and-white, they tend
to be a bit cheesy. The
exception to this rule is in
kids rooms. Anything goes here… and transforming
their world into some other
place can be fun.
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Match the mood of your furniture and mural.
Modern themes or graffiti tend to work
best with contemporary furniture, while
copies of classic paintings tend to work
best with classic furniture.
If you want to be daring and blend the two, tie their colors together… and
create something in common: mix a
contemporary mural with a simple-
lined classic sofa… or a classic mural with a highly-detailed modern sofa.
Use simple, solid-colored furniture.
Patterned or busy-looking furniture will
compete with a mural… and the
furniture will lose that dual! Keep your
largest furniture clean-lined so it works with, rather than against, the mural’s
theme.
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Bernhardt
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Hang the mural on your ’wow’ wall.
A big piece of art will be the focus
of your room, so place it behind
the largest piece of furniture in
the room, even if some of the furniture covers a small part of
the mural. Eliminate any artwork
nearby; it’ll look dwarfed by com-
parison!
Go big!
Choose a mural that’s fills a
good portion of the wall behind
your largest piece of furniture.
Don’t be afraid to run it from just below the furniture (be
sure the mural and furniture
overlap where they meet) to
18”-24” below the ceiling.
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7Repeat the mural’s colors around the room.
In fact, let them guide the scheme!
Shared colors between the mural and
the furniture will unify and soften the
look. So will choosing a key color from the mural for your wall paint.
LIKE WHAT YOU SEE?
Click on any of the
pictures to get
more details about the product.
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Divide up the mural for extra drama.
To add dimension, cut the mural into
three, four or six pieces, glue each piece
to black foam-core and hang the pieces an
inch apart on the wall.
From the cave paintings at Lascaux in Southern
France to the street art of Philadelphia, artfully
painted walls and ceilings are a testimony to our love of color, beauty and personal expression.
No matter when they were painted—or where they appear—large frescoes and murals tend to be
bring as much meaning as magnificence…
documenting our lives and stories, honoring our
fallen, making political statements, commenting on social issues, or just making us smile.
The list of must-see frescoes and murals around the world is endless. We picked some of our
favorites for their skill and beauty, along with a
brief look at how each came to be!
Famous street artist Eduardo Kobra dedicated his 2013 mural to Brazilian architect Oscar Neimeyer … using one the late architect’s own buildings as a canvas!
Pain ting the tow n ...
Our top 10 spots to find
wall and street art!
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sistine chapel VATICAN CITY, ITALY
the
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It’s where the Roman Catholic
Church elects its new pope…
and all eyes were glued to this small 15th century chapel inside
Vatican City recently.
But the Sistine Chapel hosts
more than Roman Catholic
cardinals come pope election
time; it’s also boasts some of the best Italian Renaissance art.
Painted by Michelangelo, the
chapel’s ceiling offers views of
some of the most iconic art images in history – including the
artist’s The Creation of Adam
and The Last Judgment.
Intense restoration of the art
between 1980 and 1992
removed centuries of candle smoke and dirt, and the frescoes
can now be seen as vividly as
the day the famous artist
painted them.
villa madelena SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
Over-sized wall paintings were
common in Roman homes; part of
the architecture, in fact. The large number of wall paintings that
survive at Pompeii, just south of
Rome, owe to the eruption of
Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The wealthy port town was buried – but
remarkably preserved - under
many feet of ash and pumice.
The city was discovered in 1748,
and today, over two-thirds of site
has been excavated. The amazing murals found there gave birth to
vibrant color names we know as
‘Pompeii’ reds, blues, greens,
yellows and blacks. Wall art in Pompeii is mythical and light-
hearted, offering detailed insight
into the life of a city at height of
Roman Empire.
POMPEII, ITALY houses of pompeii
Street art is big business in Sao Paulo;
a city credited with producing some of
the world’s most famous street artists. It all began in the 1980s, when local
artists began taking over Sao Paulo’s
urban spaces, eventually merging
politically-motivated art with graphic, sci-fi and humorous themes.
Today, much of Brazil’s street art centers around the bohemian
neighborhood of Villa Madelena. Every
inch of its famous Batman’s Alley is
covered with colorful murals!
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Who knew Belgium had birthed such an
international comic book heritage?
Home to the Smurfs, Tintin and a long and colorful tradition of comic strip
characters, it’s no wonder the country’s
capital has painted their town with
them!
If you visit, be sure to take in one of
Brussels' fine comic strip museums… and don’t miss the Comic Book Route;
a guided walk that takes you past a
slew of multi-storey buildings covered
with enormous paintings of Belgium’s favorite characters.
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
The comic book route
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wynwood walls MIAMI, FL
VALLEY OF THE KINGS, EGYPT
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How do you revitalize an urban
warehouse district filled with large
windowless buildings? Make it a canvas for the greatest street art
ever seen in one place.
At least that was the vision of Tony
Goldman, who, in 2009, conceived
of the idea in order to generate
more pedestrian traffic to Miami’s troubled Wynwood warehouse
area… and more respect for street
art. Murals by famous street artists
have covered Wynwood Walls ever since. In fact, they’re now over-
taking Wynwood Doors, too. The
area’s most recent project is seeing
artwork added to 176 feet of roll-up storefront doors!
egyptian tombs Turns out not every ancient Egyptian
pharaoh or king got a giant pyramid as
a tomb. After 3,000 BC, many of them found their final resting place in Egypt’s
Valley of the Kings. The area’s lime-
stone caves were thought to preserve
the mummies better, and in theory, to prevent robbing.
But over time, robbed (and excavated) they were. What remains, though, are
stunningly beautiful tomb paintings
depicting ancient Egypt’s culture… and
the lives of its pharaohs and kings.
Chances are you’ve never heard of
this place. Located on the isolated
island of Sardinia, Orgosolo is said to have a murales tradition as
passionate as its people.
The town’s unique street art graffiti
scene began in the late 1960s when
protest students used art to question
decades of social oppression and injustice. Over time, local artists
turned their themes to Italian history,
world affairs and scenes of everyday
Sardinian village life as a way to preserve its disappearing traditions.
Plan to visit the place? Locals say not to
worry about finding the murals; they’re
everywhere!
ORGOSLO, SARDINIA
Hardly a bashful town, San Francisco has
used street art to boldly share its history,
political and social views since the 1960s.
Today, more than 1,000 murals grace the place, with the largest concentration in
the Mission District. The area’s famous
alleys are a mecca for art fans due to
their colorful variety of works. Balmy Alley
is a block-long, open-air gallery used by artists to protest political and human
rights abuses in Central America… while
Clarion Alley fills its walls with an artful
blend of paintings by both well-established and up-and-coming artists.
mission district SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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orgoslo village
BERLIN, GERMANY
Irish homes NORTHERN IRELAND
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One of the world’s longest—and longest-
surviving—open-air galleries doubles as
a memorial to freedom. The canvas? A surviving portion of the Berlin Wall
erected by communist East Germany in
1961 to keep folks from migrating West.
In 1990, a year after the infamous
came down, a surviving section - over
4,000 feet (1.3 km) long - near the center of Berlin, came to life with over
one hundred wall paintings by
famous artists from around the world.
Named the East Side Gallery, the lively paintings express the euphoria of the
time, and hopes for a free future for all.
east side gallery
If walls could talk, the walls of
Belfast and Northern Ireland
would have a lot to say. The area’s world-famous murals are
a daily reminder of the turbulent
history and culture of the
country… memorializing the Great Irish Famine of the mid
1800′s, the sinking of the
Titanic, “The Troubles” that
lasted from the late 1960′s until 1998, local sporting heroes and
more.
Approximately 2,000 murals are
found throughout Northern
Ireland; many painted on the
gable ends of simple houses.
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