is artwork that is on a canvas and is presented framed more important than work a canvas thats not framed?

Answer 1

If you are talking about two dimentional art and not instalations then the answer is no.
A lot of modern art is sold unframed and is meant to stay that way, If the artist thinks that a piece of work needs a frame it would be because the work requires it, The frame is usually apllied to a work to give it a defining border thus enclosing the work. you can usually tell if something needs a framse or not just by looking at it,A lot of classical art does require a frame work of some form as it looks better unless of course if it a print of a section. some work would be ruined if it was framed, the Munroe lithographs and some of Jackson Polloks work would look odd with a frame.
I have sold framed and unframed work,often leaving the framing choice to the customer to suit thier rooms...a little while ago I sold a piece of unframed and unfinnished work just because the person liked it,,I did explain this to them but £1.200 seemed like a good offer.

Answer 2

In the past, the frame was considered to convey importance on an artwork. Thus, the heavily carved, gilded frames you think of in Renaissance and Baroque art galleries. But the Impressionists really pulled away from this, and many modern and contemporary artists don't frame their works at all. It's all really just personal preference and a concern about how the frame will aesthetically interact with the work. In modern art, where the painting is generally meant to stand on its own and not be the window-to-another-world of Renaissance art, the frame is generally thought to interfere with the viewer's response to the work.

Answer 3

Art doesn't have to be on a frame or a canvas. some artists make sculptures, these are art. Grafitty (i think that's how you spell it) artists draw on walls this is art.

OK i am going to get really corny here but Flowers are not framed, they can just be in a Field, and some people may say that they are art.

When i took art i was told that any thing is art, who are people to say it isn't.

Yes if it is put in a frame some people may argue the art work looks more presentable, but some of the most fantastic drawings and art work in the world are not always in a frame and on a wall.

Answer 4

Most modern paintings hung in galleries are not framed. Framing is either part of old fashioned paintings or mediocre works.

Of course, art is not one thing and there is not exact answer for any type of art.

Framing might be appropriate for a particular type of work. For example, if you commission a portrait, part of the convention will be that it will be framed.

Traditional landscapes are likely to be framed as well.

Photographs are often framed, simply because the photographic paper (or print paper) usually needs to be protected behind glass and held firm to stop it warping over time.

Paintings on paper or cardboard often need to framed as well.

Smaller paintings are also often presented framed.

If you are an artist, you have to consider your market and your own preferences.

If you are appreciating art, then just look at how it is presented. Value it from what you think of it and its artistic merit, not how beautiful the frame is.

Answer 5

Depends entirely on if YOU like the frame,in my gallery they either have to be framed for hanging or have to have very well finished edges.Modern works tend to have gone the box canvas route and these can look better unframed.As for value of importance , that again is up to the buyer/art lover........Some framed pieces get sold minus the frame because the buyer does not like the frame.Some modern unframed get a framing request. you can please some People some of the time ....blah blah

Answer 6

No really, the frame just make the art work look professional, but art work on canvas is beautiful with or without a frame.

Answer 7

When some think a huge white box a work of art surely it matters not how the subject is framed, but more about the subject. A complete gallery of work that purposefully avoided framing would no doubt be in line of the Turner prize almost immediately.

Answer 8

I wouldn't say more important, but definetly more professional. Most gallerys will require that all paintings to be exhibited be framed, unless it is a gallery wrapped canvas and it has been painted to do without.

Answer 9

not necessarily. If you took the Mona Lisa out of its frame would it be any less valuable? I prefer paintings on boxed canvasses to those that are framed.

Answer 10

No, it just depends on the piece. Personally, I like abstract or modern pieces unframed...Its just personal preference.