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Wall Art: The House Awakens - Page 4

Taking on the challenge of dressing your modern home with 'Eichleresque' art

Online sources such as art-prints-poster-books.com and art.com provide budget-sensitive sources for simple prints that can be purchased for less than $100, not including the frame. Or, as Stratton observed first hand, you can successfully make your own art. "One of my Eichler neighbors got a big square canvas and painted it blue. A pretty cornflower blue," she says. "And that was his art. I swear, I walked into the room and my jaw dropped. It really worked."

At the end of the day, the art that truly works best in your Eichler is something that you like, something that makes you feel good, something that harmonizes with the house.

But artist Kahn also cautions that one should be careful not to trivialize it. "Art is older than farming," he says. "It has been around for such a long time that one does not simply develop sophistication in it through a magazine article. If you're interested, you look at things. You visit galleries and museums. You read a little. You develop a kind of personal taste that's related to larger cultural achievements that you learn from and want to relate to."

"I worry about a formula or a recipe being used for art," Kahn said in a concerned tone. "It's fine if it makes people think. But it is not fine if it becomes a straight jacket."