favorite artists & artworks

(UK)_foxymop

I love the 3D pavement art by Julian Beever http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

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!)..
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"

Scubascott

(UK)_foxymop wrote:

I love the 3D pavement art by Julian Beever http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

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.

Kushikushun

V V wrote:

ww yes , well some old fav's for me Billy Viola i love everything he does
http://www.billyviola.com

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!

Kushikushun

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.

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:

civ_eng_girl

(UK)_foxymop wrote:

"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....

boxwine_in_hell

Kushikushun wrote:

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.

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:

I didn't know anyone could actually make the Pont Neuf ugly. Well done.

seagoat2

That thread "drawing" is amazing......

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....

Kushikushun

boxwine_in_hell wrote:

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!

Jamal

Kushikushun wrote:

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!

Get back to work you !!!

Hmmm, I shouldn't be the one telling you that...

(UK)_foxymop

Kushikushun wrote:

The Umbrellas:

See the similarity??


Leeds festy:

Kushikushun

Lol Uk-Foxymop...!!

Great find!! Ohhh, that festival pic makes me want to go to a festival again, with nice weather and some live PJ to go wild on..:cool:

Kushikushun

Jamal wrote:

Get back to work you !!!

Hmmm, I shouldn't be the one telling you that...

Hahahahahahahahahaha! Look who's talking now

(UK)_foxymop

Kushikushun wrote:

Lol Uk-Foxymop...!!

Great find!! Ohhh, that festival pic makes me want to go to a festival again, with nice weather and some live PJ to go wild on..:cool:

hahaha ..
3 days later .. rain and a heap of trash makes it into a real work of art .. Damien Hurst/Tracey Emin style :cool:




(I took these at Leeds festy this year .. not so nice weather but we did get some live PJ to go wild on;))

decides2dream

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:




civ, what beautiful work!
i love, love, love seeing unique work, personal visions...and what amazing colorations. simply gorgeous.


foxymop......excellent contributions as always. that andrew godsworthy image....brilliant! ever see the film fearless with jeff bridges and isabella rossellini? really good flick, but i bring it up b/c there is a sequence in it showing artwork that is supposedly created by bridges' character, sort of like a dream sequence....and some of goldworthy's work is utilized and it is perfection for it.


anyway, not to nag ....but ive been awaiting a certain painter's painting of a drummer for a good long time now. saw a fantastic, kinetic painting of a guitarist, and was promised a follow-up of a drummer, and yet.....no post. hmmmmmmmmm.....:p

(UK)_foxymop

decides2dream wrote:

foxymop......excellent contributions as always. that andrew godsworthy image....brilliant! ever see the film fearless with jeff bridges and isabella rossellini? really good flick, but i bring it up b/c there is a sequence in it showing artwork that is supposedly created by bridges' character, sort of like a dream sequence....and some of goldworthy's work is utilized and it is perfection for it.


anyway, not to nag ....but ive been awaiting a certain painter's painting of a drummer for a good long time now. saw a fantastic, kinetic painting of a guitarist, and was promised a follow-up of a drummer, and yet.....no post. hmmmmmmmmm.....:p

Fearless .. You got me intrigued enough to go find a trailer It sounds familiar but don't think I've seen it .. can't think why, it's looks a good film (movie) I'll have to see if I can find the DVD somewhere.


haha ... Drummer .. ok, I did a watercolour as a sketch to work from, but someone bought it !!.. can't complain about that can I I got a couple of commissions inbetween times so still haven't painted a large oil of the drummer. Here's the watercolour though, if you'd like to see it ..
http://www.meganburford.com/largeimage/drummer.html
complete with PJ stickman, right hand side above the drum (made a link 'cos it doesn't belong in the company of this thread!;)) I'll paint another sketch and get the full sized oil finished one day!




Got another artist for you .. the "op art" of Bridget Riley .. I love how she made something so simple such a huge movement in the art world (no pun intended:D)

These 2 are very effective:

civ_eng_girl

(UK)_foxymop wrote:

http://www.meganburford.com/largeimage/drummer.html
complete with PJ stickman, right hand side above the drum (made a link 'cos it doesn't belong in the company of this thread!;)) I'll paint another sketch and get the full sized oil finished one day!

don't be rediculous! your work is amazing! i remember your guitar player.... it's stunning...

(UK)_foxymop

civ_eng_girl wrote:

don't be rediculous! your work is amazing! i remember your guitar player.... it's stunning...

Aw, shucks, now I'm all embarrased


.. thanks

decides2dream

(UK)_foxymop wrote:

Fearless .. You got me intrigued enough to go find a trailer It sounds familiar but don't think I've seen it .. can't think why, it's looks a good film (movie) I'll have to see if I can find the DVD somewhere.


haha ... Drummer .. ok, I did a watercolour as a sketch to work from, but someone bought it !!.. can't complain about that can I I got a couple of commissions inbetween times so still haven't painted a large oil of the drummer. Here's the watercolour though, if you'd like to see it ..
http://www.meganburford.com/largeimage/drummer.html
complete with PJ stickman, right hand side above the drum (made a link 'cos it doesn't belong in the company of this thread!;)) I'll paint another sketch and get the full sized oil finished one day!




Got another artist for you .. the "op art" of Bridget Riley .. I love how she made something so simple such a huge movement in the art world (no pun intended:D)

yes, rent it. i own it...it really is good, and jeff bridges is excellent!


ahhhhhhh.....cool! hey nice for you that someone bought your 'sketch'...i was simply wondering where it was. looks GREAT! look forward to eventually seeing the final poduct....definitely post when you do, whenever you get to it! glad you've been busy creating, AND getting paid....excellent stuff.


and that stickman really 'sticks' out....hahaha! :cool:


i LOVe op art! back when i taught every year with my 5th graders i'd do a unit on op art...what fun, and an excellent way to incorporate a bit of math and measurement in with an art lesson....cool stuff!

(UK)_foxymop

decides2dream wrote:

and that stickman really 'sticks' out....hahaha! :cool:

i LOVe op art! back when i taught every year with my 5th graders i'd do a unit on op art...what fun, and an excellent way to incorporate a bit of math and measurement in with an art lesson....cool stuff!

"and that stickman really 'sticks' out....hahaha! :cool:" (haha - nice pun dream :rolleyes: ))
I know! .. I would've made him a bit less obvious if i'd known someone was actually going to buy it He did get noticed in this one and I had to explain - the bloke was happy about "sticky" though so I told him to go listen to some Pearl Jam


I loved doing the sessions on op art at college (MANY many years ago!) I still have the variation of "Reconnaissance" somewhere (right side, chequers) that I painted at the time. There's alot of op art paintings now but Bridget is still the master!.. it's amazing how a few blocks of pattern not only give the impression of 3D but also appear to move as you look over the painting. Very clever.

boxwine_in_hell

Kushikushun wrote:

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!

That's like wrapping a beautiful diamond in silk. Sure silk is beautiful, but why would you cover up a masterpiece?