Since I grew up in the 80's, I would have to say that Mr. Haring is my favorite. I once was at Block 34 in Chicago where he completed a painting with children there. I went up to it and actually touched it! LMAO! I had no idea that it had an alarm on it!!! I almost was escorted by guards out of there! I turned to them as they walked up and said, "Keith would have wanted me to touch this you know!"
hahaha!!! awesome story!
and thanks for posting the link... very bold and unusual stuff!
a great wake-me-up for a sleepy thursday morning...
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
He is alive but feels absolutely nothing.
So is he?
When he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him.
By nine he had deciphered the illusion trading magic for fact.
No tradebacks...
So this is what it's like to be an adult
If he only knew now what he knew then...
lol! i don't know why i didn't think of this before...
but here's a funny little item which sums up some of my favorite art works...
i made it for my sister, but i'm babysitting it until she has her own place to put it in...
it's sitting next to my at the computer right now...
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
nice choices there civ! picked some really classic works, and also some true faves of mine as well. is that a decoupage piece? cool stuff.
birth of venus always reminds me of my study trip in florence. i did a massive paper on botticelli. gorgeous seeing so much of his work for real.
Yah, I decoupaged it... it's looking kinda crummy now though, becuase all the sections shrunk as they dried, and now it has all those white gaps, which it didn't before... :(
I saw Birth of Venus at the Ufizzi as well! (my mom and I like to call it "Venus on the Half Shell") It was cool to see the Botticiellis in person... well worth the early morning line-up to get into the gallery!
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
I thought it was high time was brought this thread back to the top....
This weekend, I was at the Sandra Ainsley Gallery (http://www.sandraainsleygallery.com/) Which, incidently, I have decided is my favorite gallery in the world, and one of the most beautiful spots in all of Toronto....
Anyways, while i was there, I saw a piece similar to this one... and I was speachless.... i mean... i couldn't describe it... i was stammering, trying to believe what i was seeing.... just read the description - you'll be blown away...
Max, 2006
Media, Size: Thread, nails; 60 x 40
"Miles of thread and thousand of nails are the matter of Kim Kamens' newest body of work. At a distance, these black and white images appear to be charcoal or pencil drawings, but upon closer inspection, the labor intensive madness of the artist is revealed. Each "drawing" is composed of miles of sewing thread bridging nail heads to create a highly rendered image. She connects these points repeatedly until she achieves the desired tone and form. This is quite a departure from the large colorful hand-carved relief panels of her previous sculptural series.
Kamens is a graduate of Tyler School of the Arts and has a degree in glass. She is inspired by her relationships with the people around her and tries to translate those experiences and emotions into her work."
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
civ...that is very cool, albeit rather freaky! haha. thanks for updating this, i've been rather amiss with my art wall contributions as of late...my only excuse is, i'ts SUMMER..so i am out in the garden! :cool: i'm sure to add to the list moreso...so much art to love.
In the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa hangs my all time favorite painting. One I could stare at for hours and hours. It's called 'Fighting withing one' and is by an artist called Gizachew Kebede. When I saw it hanging there, I felt like I had seen it before. It's beautiful and it is the prefect visualisation of the title. Unfortunately I can't find any pictures of it and I didn't take any myself in the musem cause I was sure I'd find some in the net. Not :(
Still, it's the most beautiful piece of art I've ever seen. I'd love to have a copy/print of it in my house.
In the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa hangs my all time favorite painting. One I could stare at for hours and hours. It's called 'Fighting withing one' and is by an artist called Gizachew Kebede. When I saw it hanging there, I felt like I had seen it before. It's beautiful and it is the prefect visualisation of the title. Unfortunately I can't find any pictures of it and I didn't take any myself in the musem cause I was sure I'd find some in the net. Not :(
Still, it's the most beautiful piece of art I've ever seen. I'd love to have a copy/print of it in my house.
that sounds really exciting pearlwax! it's always a great feeling to be caught breathless by a work of art....
i wish there was a picture of it somewhere! i'd love to see it.
i did a quick search myself, and couldn't come up with anything either....
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
dante Gabriel rossetti
ansel adams
matisse
claude monet
thomas eakins
vincent van gogh
andy warhol
george seurat
"degas"
sylvester stallone
Jerry Garcia(ties)
Allison Vigh
Tico Torres
"monet"
Salvador Dali
Pablo Picasso
Paloma Picasso fashions
all fashions
Jim Morisson drawings
Kurt Cobain drawings
Jeffery A. Ament Visual design and
Edward Vedder art concepts
Most tattoo artists,"A.J.E."
and more to come......
A whisper and a thrill
A whisper and a chill
adv2005
"Why do I bother?"
The 11th Commandment.
"Whatever"
PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
that sounds really exciting pearlwax! it's always a great feeling to be caught breathless by a work of art....
i wish there was a picture of it somewhere! i'd love to see it.
i did a quick search myself, and couldn't come up with anything either....
Yeah, it was. I'm just sorry I didn't take picture. I did another search and found this by a Gizachew Kebde - the middle e not being there is common, so I think it's the same artist.
The one painting I'm talking about isn't there - just my luck, but seeing his work here, I think it's the same guy. These paintings are very good if you ask me, but it isn't like the one I saw in Ethiopia. What struck me there wasn't merely the artists skills and the way he worked with color - though he's obviously very talented, as you can see here - but the way the painting so perfectly visualized it's title, how it was such an amazing visual interpretation of a psychological struggle, of the fighting within ones head.
Yeah, it was. I'm just sorry I didn't take picture. I did another search and found this by a Gizachew Kebde - the middle e not being there is common, so I think it's the same artist.
The one painting I'm talking about isn't there - just my luck, but seeing his work here, I think it's the same guy. These paintings are very good if you ask me, but it isn't like the one I saw in Ethiopia. What struck me there wasn't merely the artists skills and the way he worked with color - though he's obviously very talented, as you can see here - but the way the painting so perfectly visualized it's title, how it was such an amazing visual interpretation of a psychological struggle, of the fighting within ones head.
Oh well... :(
wow! those are beautiful - you're right, the colours really jump out....
but the shadowy faces are a little eerie.... i like them!
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
On the weekend, I went to the Norval Morriseau exhibit at the McMicheal Gallery... none of the pictures i can find on line do this work justice... but here are some examples:
The most spectacular was a piece called Man Changing Into Thunderbird... which is a work in 6 panels, each about 5ft x 6ft... it took up a whole wall of the gallery... it was stunning... i wish you could see more of it.... here's the first panel:
I love going to the McMicheal though... taking a stroll through the Group of Seven collection is always comforting...
I picked up a couple of prints in the gift shop before i left...
my favorite Lauren Harris "Mt. Lefroy"
any my favorite Benjamin Chee Chee "Friends" (which i've posted here before, but now I get to hang it in my living room! )
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
"ANOTHER PLACE" (installation on Liverpool beach, now in New york.. I think!).. and and
"ANGEL OF THE NORTH"
this sculpture is huge!.. it's not far from where I live and totally breathtaking "in the flesh". The engineering alone is a work of art!
And finally.. Andy Goldsworthy especially his work with stones and leaves.
"Rowan Leaves With Hole" This should be called "Black Hole Sun"
his drawings look totally distorted if viewed from the wrong side, but from the right side are true works of art!
Holy Crap! That stuff is incredible.
It doesn't matter if you're male, female, or confused; black, white, brown, red, green, yellow; gay, lesbian; redneck cop, stoned; ugly; military style, doggy style; fat, rich or poor; vegetarian or cannibal; bum, hippie, virgin; famous or drunk-you're either an asshole or you're not!
here one of my all time fav's ever i could look at it for hours lol
WOOOOOOOW, you didnt, you didnt....you didnt just mention good old Bill...he is amazing! I never could figure someone would know him here.
I love his artwork, great video stuff...PJ should hook up with him!
Why not be mediocre and be the best at it that you can be?
Never saw this thread before, but its wonderful!
Thanks to the person who started this. I love art, its my job as well. I can enjoy all kinds of artist, but have a very distinctive taste in what I do or dont like. Some artists are too lazy..haha
I love photo-art and video, installations and land-art.
One of my other favorites next to Bill Viola is Douglas Gordon. Douglas does a lot with video as well. He has for example delayed the movie psycho untill it lasts 24 hours. He also works a lot with texts.
I also love the work of Christo, land-art...he packs up all kinds of buildings and does many great things.
"ANGEL OF THE NORTH"
this sculpture is huge!.. it's not far from where I live and totally breathtaking "in the flesh". The engineering alone is a work of art!
yah, engineers are pretty cool...
Reminds me of "Spirit Catcher" by Ron Baird, in Barrie, Ontario....
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
Never saw this thread before, but its wonderful!
Thanks to the person who started this. I love art, its my job as well. I can enjoy all kinds of artist, but have a very distinctive taste in what I do or dont like. Some artists are too lazy..haha
I love photo-art and video, installations and land-art.
One of my other favorites next to Bill Viola is Douglas Gordon. Douglas does a lot with video as well. He has for example delayed the movie psycho untill it lasts 24 hours. He also works a lot with texts.
I also love the work of Christo, land-art...he packs up all kinds of buildings and does many great things.
Andrew Goldsworthy (very cool temporary art made out of natural elements)
Michael Parkes
Arthur Rackham (children's illustrator)
van Gogh
Nick Bantock
Magritte
Annie Liebowitz
Aubrey Beardsley
Hokusai
Lots of other visual artists I can't think of at the moment....
I didn't know anyone could actually make the Pont Neuf ugly. Well done.
Ugly, beautiful..in my humble view, thats not the point..I like his concepts, art that people can touch and makes part of life instead of hanging on a boring wall in a boring museum.
p.s. Love those sculptures of those big figures in the ocean and all...great!
Why not be mediocre and be the best at it that you can be?
Ugly, beautiful..in my humble view, thats not the point..I like his concepts, art that people can touch and makes part of life instead of hanging on a boring wall in a boring museum.
p.s. Love those sculptures of those big figures in the ocean and all...great!
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hahaha!!! awesome story!
and thanks for posting the link... very bold and unusual stuff!
a great wake-me-up for a sleepy thursday morning...
I am sure everyone has seen some of will's work somewhere...
http://www.willrafuse.com
So is he?
When he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him.
By nine he had deciphered the illusion trading magic for fact.
No tradebacks...
So this is what it's like to be an adult
If he only knew now what he knew then...
but here's a funny little item which sums up some of my favorite art works...
i made it for my sister, but i'm babysitting it until she has her own place to put it in...
it's sitting next to my at the computer right now...
birth of venus always reminds me of my study trip in florence. i did a massive paper on botticelli. gorgeous seeing so much of his work for real.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
and cubists.... http://www.luc.edu/depts/history/dennis/Visual_Arts/page_Cubism.htm
and sennin (hi) nice i like the cubists too nice classic stuff
Astoria,Dublin,Reading 06,Wembley 07,Sheapards Bush & o2 09 thats multiple Jamgasms!
the second one is absolutely astounding!!! thanks for sharing eddie's grrl!
Yah, I decoupaged it... it's looking kinda crummy now though, becuase all the sections shrunk as they dried, and now it has all those white gaps, which it didn't before... :(
I saw Birth of Venus at the Ufizzi as well! (my mom and I like to call it "Venus on the Half Shell") It was cool to see the Botticiellis in person... well worth the early morning line-up to get into the gallery!
this actually reminds me of the coverart for mad seasons above album...
Ten Club (289xxx)
http://www.myspace.com/k_r_y_s_t_i_e
www.rarerecords.com.au
Let's see favorite artists... I have a million, but if I had to choose a few contemporary ones I'd say:
Cecily Brown - http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/finch/finch2-18-1.asp
Chris Sauter - http://www.artnet.com/artwork/423982301/chris-sauter-untitled.html
Rachel Whiteread - http://www.publicartfund.org/pafweb/projects/98/whiteread_98.html
Anselm Kiefer - http://people.eku.edu/falkenbergs/arthistory/kiefer/mstrsngr.jpg
I don't know how to paste photos in here, so if anyone wants to help me with this please pm me.
A whisper and a chill
adv2005
"Why do I bother?"
The 11th Commandment.
"Whatever"
PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
This weekend, I was at the Sandra Ainsley Gallery (http://www.sandraainsleygallery.com/) Which, incidently, I have decided is my favorite gallery in the world, and one of the most beautiful spots in all of Toronto....
Anyways, while i was there, I saw a piece similar to this one... and I was speachless.... i mean... i couldn't describe it... i was stammering, trying to believe what i was seeing.... just read the description - you'll be blown away...
Max, 2006
Media, Size: Thread, nails; 60 x 40
"Miles of thread and thousand of nails are the matter of Kim Kamens' newest body of work. At a distance, these black and white images appear to be charcoal or pencil drawings, but upon closer inspection, the labor intensive madness of the artist is revealed. Each "drawing" is composed of miles of sewing thread bridging nail heads to create a highly rendered image. She connects these points repeatedly until she achieves the desired tone and form. This is quite a departure from the large colorful hand-carved relief panels of her previous sculptural series.
Kamens is a graduate of Tyler School of the Arts and has a degree in glass. She is inspired by her relationships with the people around her and tries to translate those experiences and emotions into her work."
and WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats is stunning , i would love to see it in person , thanks
Astoria,Dublin,Reading 06,Wembley 07,Sheapards Bush & o2 09 thats multiple Jamgasms!
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Still, it's the most beautiful piece of art I've ever seen. I'd love to have a copy/print of it in my house.
that sounds really exciting pearlwax! it's always a great feeling to be caught breathless by a work of art....
i wish there was a picture of it somewhere! i'd love to see it.
i did a quick search myself, and couldn't come up with anything either....
ansel adams
matisse
claude monet
thomas eakins
vincent van gogh
andy warhol
george seurat
"degas"
sylvester stallone
Jerry Garcia(ties)
Allison Vigh
Tico Torres
"monet"
Salvador Dali
Pablo Picasso
Paloma Picasso fashions
all fashions
Jim Morisson drawings
Kurt Cobain drawings
Jeffery A. Ament Visual design and
Edward Vedder art concepts
Most tattoo artists,"A.J.E."
and more to come......
A whisper and a chill
adv2005
"Why do I bother?"
The 11th Commandment.
"Whatever"
PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
Yeah, it was. I'm just sorry I didn't take picture. I did another search and found this by a Gizachew Kebde - the middle e not being there is common, so I think it's the same artist.
http://makushethiopianartgallery.com/Gizachew.htm
The one painting I'm talking about isn't there - just my luck, but seeing his work here, I think it's the same guy. These paintings are very good if you ask me, but it isn't like the one I saw in Ethiopia. What struck me there wasn't merely the artists skills and the way he worked with color - though he's obviously very talented, as you can see here - but the way the painting so perfectly visualized it's title, how it was such an amazing visual interpretation of a psychological struggle, of the fighting within ones head.
Oh well... :(
wow! those are beautiful - you're right, the colours really jump out....
but the shadowy faces are a little eerie.... i like them!
http://www.gallery.ca/exhibitions/exhibitions/Norval_Morrisseau/english/visual.html
The most spectacular was a piece called Man Changing Into Thunderbird... which is a work in 6 panels, each about 5ft x 6ft... it took up a whole wall of the gallery... it was stunning... i wish you could see more of it.... here's the first panel:
I love going to the McMicheal though... taking a stroll through the Group of Seven collection is always comforting...
I picked up a couple of prints in the gift shop before i left...
my favorite Lauren Harris "Mt. Lefroy"
any my favorite Benjamin Chee Chee "Friends" (which i've posted here before, but now I get to hang it in my living room!
his drawings look totally distorted if viewed from the wrong side, but from the right side are true works of art!
example..
Also Antony Gormley http://www.antonygormley.com/
"ANOTHER PLACE" (installation on Liverpool beach, now in New york.. I think!)..
"ANGEL OF THE NORTH"
this sculpture is huge!.. it's not far from where I live and totally breathtaking "in the flesh". The engineering alone is a work of art!
And finally.. Andy Goldsworthy especially his work with stones and leaves.
"Rowan Leaves With Hole"
Holy Crap! That stuff is incredible.
-C Addison
WOOOOOOOW, you didnt, you didnt....you didnt just mention good old Bill...he is amazing! I never could figure someone would know him here.
I love his artwork, great video stuff...PJ should hook up with him!
Thanks to the person who started this. I love art, its my job as well. I can enjoy all kinds of artist, but have a very distinctive taste in what I do or dont like. Some artists are too lazy..haha
I love photo-art and video, installations and land-art.
One of my other favorites next to Bill Viola is Douglas Gordon. Douglas does a lot with video as well. He has for example delayed the movie psycho untill it lasts 24 hours. He also works a lot with texts.
I also love the work of Christo, land-art...he packs up all kinds of buildings and does many great things.
Here is a Douglas Gordon site http://arts.guardian.co.uk/gallery/0,8542,818576,00.html/
Douglas portrait:
And some Christo:http://christojeanneclaude.net/
Running fence:
Valley curtain:
The Umbrellas:
Wrapped Pont Neuf in Paris:
yah, engineers are pretty cool...
Reminds me of "Spirit Catcher" by Ron Baird, in Barrie, Ontario....
I didn't know anyone could actually make the Pont Neuf ugly. Well done.
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
Some favorites (sorry, I don't have links)...
Andrew Goldsworthy (very cool temporary art made out of natural elements)
Michael Parkes
Arthur Rackham (children's illustrator)
van Gogh
Nick Bantock
Magritte
Annie Liebowitz
Aubrey Beardsley
Hokusai
Lots of other visual artists I can't think of at the moment....
Ugly, beautiful..in my humble view, thats not the point..I like his concepts, art that people can touch and makes part of life instead of hanging on a boring wall in a boring museum.
p.s. Love those sculptures of those big figures in the ocean and all...great!
Hmmm, I shouldn't be the one telling you that...
- Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
See the similarity??
Leeds festy: