Oil paint is a particularly sensuous medium. Paint is all about layers, so look carefully at how it is applied. Instead, choose one featuring subjects that you have a personal interest in (music, horses, epic landscapes) or that possesses characteristics you enjoy – photorealist detail perhaps, or grand painterly gestures. ![]() You needn’t always select the most ‘iconic’ work on show these are not always the best. In a gallery visit lasting an hour, this allows us to wander around for 20 minutes, choose an attractive artwork to spend the next 20 with, and still have time to grab a catalogue and a drink. Considering the evidence, we should stay with artworks for far longer than we currently do. The art of looking at a painting is also the art of slowing down. Peter Paul Rubens, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes The longer we spend contemplating a painting therefore, the more visual details we can collect, and so the fullness of an artwork is gradually revealed. Rather, we view paintings as we do the rest of the world: in a fragmentary way, gathering information from multiple small, precise points of vision, to assemble a picture in our minds. We do not consume paintings in one visual gulp. One of three paintings were displayed to visitors and their responses were logged by eye-tracking technology designed specifically for the task. Their landmark study, conducted over three months between 20, collected more than 5,000 responses from participants. The Louvre found that people look at the Mona Lisa for only 15 seconds on average.Īt the turn of the millennium, the National Gallery launched its exhibition Telling Time, inviting researchers from the Applied Vision Research Centre to investigate how we look at paintings. One found that visitors look for less than two seconds, turn and read the explanatory text for an additional 10 seconds and then move on. There have been studies conducted to find out how long we spend looking at artworks, and the results vary. Maintaining the right point of view simply takes patience. Don’t be embarrassed or ashamed: this delicate choreography is treated by some as a competition, but it isn’t. Once they move along, you may reclaim your place. When politeness dictates that you should move left, right, or take a step back to free up space for another member of the audience, do so. Occasionally, people will sidle up to you. Clear your throat (this invokes an atmosphere of power) and become utterly silent in mind and body. Then swoop in, extending and propelling yourself in one confident movement. Wait until the person in the best spot moves along. The position of front-centre is usually the most desirable when viewing a painting, and therefore hardest to attain – particularly at a private view. This is the secret of gallery etiquette: get up close. Whether you’re an art aficionado, a dabbling art lover or (perhaps most promisingly) a budding art fan in the making, your perspective is important. ![]() Don’t be put off by what the so-called ‘art elite’ might have to say. The Night Watch painting by Rembrandt at the RijksmuseumĪrt belongs to you. Get creative in the NorthSite art studio, with contemporary artist Susie Losch to create some unique forms using coloured air-dried clay.Have you ever questioned the way you view an artwork? We ask our expert, Alice White, to guide us on the ways of looking at a painting. Exploring Giant Molecules is the largest solo exhibition of Queensland VIEW DETAILS 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 15 April - 15 April General Event, School Holiday Program, Workshop Sculpting waves with Susie Losch Join us at NorthSite for the opening event of Exploring Giant Molecules and a special performance by the artist Sandra Selig. ![]() Join us on VIEW DETAILS 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 28 April - 28 April General Event, Opening Event, Performance NorthSite Open – Sandra Selig – Exploring Giant Molecules Start your weekend with art and celebrate these exhibition openings at NorthSite MANdala by Geoffrey Schmidt, scattered massive by John Pagnozzi and Waanji Away by Jack Wilkie-Jans. PARTICIPATE See all events 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 12 May - 12 May General Event, Opening Event NorthSite – Exhibition Opening
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