Exercise CAUTION when buying art on your travels.
Avoid the hotel art gallery.
Avoid potentially pilfered relics, bad juju to bring home.
Skip those galleries lined up along the main drag that exist to cater to tourists.
Step away from your vacation euphoria and THINK about how the piece will look "back home"
--sometimes, away from its native context, a piece looks lame.
Stick to "souvenirs" that are small objects; handcrafts, even small sculptures are often a better choice than wall art when traveling.
If you collect a few small, endearing items you won't even care they were possibly made in a country other than the one you are visiting...
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| Tiny Persian Enamel Vases, sweet & easy to pack in your carry-on bag. |
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| Ceramic Cactus from Italy, weird and amusing. |
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| Sturdy carved Camel, also easy to pack & take home. |
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| Carved Gourd, super easy to transport. |
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| You can't go wrong bringing home SHELLS (just make sure the creature has vacated FIRST-- I learned the hard way as a child coming home from Florida with a RIPE suitcase). |
Thanks Fannie, I learned the hard way. My living room art is deco Chinese ads of women and hanging in my bedroom is an ISIS papyrus that I have not been able to give up. Now I buy only consumables or one or two pieces of clothing...
ReplyDeleteYES! Clothing and consumables are great mementos of a trip. And definitely not as hard to hang.
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