You never know what someone else has had to endure to create and present their art. I contacted my good friend Karen at Plan Decor to congratulate her on the floral art she created for Bouquets to Art. She told me her art was originally supposed to be in front of one of the Andy Warhol images that was currently on display at the DeYoung Museum.
Oooooh...so it was supposed to be standing up, not lying down and it was supposed to be in front of a Warhol image known for its repetition and color. Now it all makes sense. Context is everything!
As fellow artists, we completely understand when art is taken out of context. It may be beautiful all by itself, but you miss a lot of the meaning, the whimsy, the intelligence, and the fun with which it was created. I'm glad that we could fully appreciate Karen's masterpiece by viewing this photo which a friend of Karen's shot when her arrangement was correctly placed in the exhibit.
This slight change of location has elevated Karen's piece from just something lovely to being one of my favorites in the whole exhibit. Bravo Karen!
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