jaja Posted June 6, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Recently off the Dawn and was totally surprised and miffed by the "painting over" of the Venetian DR artwork !! All done in random patterns and bright colors...over the original paintings. Wow...it sure was ugly and distracting...and in my opinion ruins the atmosphere of what was once a very elegant room. NCL..what were you thinking???????😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtech Posted June 6, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Modern Art. The question is, what took so long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardface Posted June 6, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 6, 2019 7 minutes ago, jaja said: Wow...it sure was ugly and distracting...and in my opinion ruins the atmosphere of what was once a very elegant room. Well, that's your opinion. And in my opinion, it looks interesting and different and doesn't take away from the atmosphere at all, and only steers it away from the stuffy elitist atmosphere of the past that these main (NCL, RCCL, CCL) are all trying to get away from. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted June 6, 2019 #4 Share Posted June 6, 2019 It's art. We were on the Dawn a couple of years ago after they installed it. We find it interesting and not ugly nor distracting. Would I want it in my living room? Probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymbomb Posted June 6, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 6, 2019 I agree that it is totally ugly and distracting! Replacing the art with different, more modern art would have been fine. But this just looks stupid and cheap. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhquilter1 Posted June 6, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 6, 2019 I think it's pretty great -- it's different and started a discussion. Gotta love art that makes you think! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaja Posted June 6, 2019 Author #7 Share Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, gymbomb said: I agree that it is totally ugly and distracting! Replacing the art with different, more modern art would have been fine. But this just looks stupid and cheap. Yes--I agree..replacement would have made more sense (in my opinion) if it was a different (modernizing) look they wanted. Yes--it did look "cheap" to me..and did not coordinate at all with style of existing dining room. There is a way to mix styles..and this (in my opinion) did not work. Edited June 6, 2019 by jaja 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted June 6, 2019 #8 Share Posted June 6, 2019 It's art. And, as such, it's meant to elicit a response. All art is supposed to do that. Looks like they succeeded. Do I like it? I don't know. I don't "unlike" it. It's thought provoking. With that in mind, it works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Manbo Posted June 7, 2019 #9 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Just off the Dawn and thought the same thing as Jaja. It was a very cheap way to attempt to create "modern art" Something you would see on HGTV. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mking8288 Posted June 7, 2019 #10 Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) DW and rest of our gang thought it was commissioned from Park West's collection of artwork. (signed w that artist's named Peter M 🙄 ) Edited June 7, 2019 by mking8288 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtech Posted June 7, 2019 #11 Share Posted June 7, 2019 23 hours ago, jaja said: NCL..what were you thinking???????😱 How'd you like the way they modified the Spinnaker Lounge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstuff1 Posted June 7, 2019 #12 Share Posted June 7, 2019 58 minutes ago, mugtech said: How'd you like the way they modified the Spinnaker Lounge? theres a Spinnaker on the dawn? what floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtech Posted June 7, 2019 #13 Share Posted June 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, fstuff1 said: theres a Spinnaker on the dawn? what floor? Used to be on a deck, turned into cabins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaja Posted June 7, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted June 7, 2019 59 minutes ago, mugtech said: Used to be on a deck, turned into cabins. And I really missed having the Spinnacker ( and the Great Outdoors.)..that's why I love the Jewel class ships !!!😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaShark Posted June 7, 2019 #15 Share Posted June 7, 2019 2 hours ago, mugtech said: How'd you like the way they modified the Spinnaker Lounge? 1 hour ago, fstuff1 said: theres a Spinnaker on the dawn? what floor? 1 hour ago, mugtech said: Used to be on a deck, turned into cabins. There was a Spinnaker Lounge on Deck 13. Many years ago that lounge was moved to Deck 7. In a more recent dry-dock the Spinnaker Lounge was modified into the Bliss Ultra Lounge (Still on Deck 7) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger001 Posted June 7, 2019 #16 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I remember seeing those paint overs now. Really stupid looking and ugly...my opinion. Like a joke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColeThornton Posted June 7, 2019 #17 Share Posted June 7, 2019 "Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger001 Posted June 7, 2019 #18 Share Posted June 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, ColeThornton said: "Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder". Indeed. And for those, I'd need a few extra beers for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauer-kraut Posted June 7, 2019 #19 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Well the "art" in Tsar's Palace dining room on the Jewel is a lot worse. It reminded me of someone's gothic nightmare. According to a frequent cruiser I had lunch with there one day, Mrs. Del Rio was the decorator during the dry dock last year and had all the Russian Imperial portraits removed. What she chose really didn't fit at all with the atmosphere of that dining room. She should have removed the fake Faberge eggs on the newel posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted June 7, 2019 #20 Share Posted June 7, 2019 There’s a whole lot of art I just don’t get.....thinking Picasso, Andy Warhol, etc. I read a few months ago that some of those “paint by number” clown paintings are collectibles. Who knew? Artists create art, whether we like it, or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateQ22003 Posted June 7, 2019 #21 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Count me as another who finds the art in the Venetian ridiculous. If they were trying to "modernize" the dining room, they failed miserably. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopiko Posted June 7, 2019 #22 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Ugly as it may, it's definitely a conversation starter and most remember it. Some of my friends still talk about it years later! I've also seen so many posts in here about it so at least they succeeded on making it unique and memorable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger001 Posted June 7, 2019 #23 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Just checked with my wife. Yep. She says "ugly as sin". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino Comp Chick Posted June 7, 2019 #24 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Maybe it’s the Peter Max students getting some well needed overtime hours. 😂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Greenpea2 Posted June 7, 2019 #25 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Votes for Ugly/Stupid here. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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