Lovely stuff. Was 'Mirrormask' worth seeing? It got mixed reviews.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Not sure if I'm gonna bother with Stardust either....I always prefer the books....:)
Did he do that as well?
Stardust was good, not great. Too brightly coloured, romanticised, not dark enough. I saw the book the day afterwards and was surprised to see that the 'tone' of it was entirely different: black, gothic, dark. Like the film should have been.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Stardust was good, not great. Too brightly coloured, romanticised, not dark enough. I saw the book the day afterwards and was surprised to see that the 'tone' of it was entirely different: black, gothic, dark. Like the film should have been.
Please, please read the book...
In fact read ANYTHING by Neil Gaiman, the mans a twisted genius.
Esp, Smoke and Mirrors or Fragile Things
Please, please read the book...
In fact read ANYTHING by Neil Gaiman, the mans a twisted genius.
Esp, Smoke and Mirrors or Fragile Things
I will! Thanks for the 'heads up', as they say across the pond.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
sometimes i look at rothko and think to myself what the.....?
I like the fact that the Abstract Expressionists were making paintings that purely make you feel; not representative of concrete things but feelings. I've seen the Rothko room at the Tate Modern in London and man, it's dark, brooding, oppressive. That's what he meant, imo.
i'm more a fan of the red dragon and the woman clothed with the sun.
I need to check that one out. Will do now!
EDIT: Yeah, that's pretty cool too.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
I like the fact that the Abstract Expressionists were making paintings that purely make you feel; not representative of concrete things but feelings. I've seen the Rothko room at the Tate Modern in London and man, it's dark, brooding, oppressive. That's what he meant, imo.
sounds like my kind of place.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
sandro botticelli, people. this is, i think, my favourite painting.
btw, that is the head of holofernes judith's attendant is carrying on her head. i love how judith isn't shown joyously triumphant. i love the folds in the gowns. i love the colours. and yeah he deserved to lose his head.
yeah, thats what the dutchies do, getting you stoned and crying...;)
You all get us silly Americans every time.
I am sure I wasn't stoned when I went into the museum though. I wanted to get a clear experience. I was by myself at the time too and was paranoid enough as it was! lol
Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
You've really got to see Rothko's stuff full size before you 'get it'.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
"I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
Art... high art, fine art, art with a capital "A" - is what I get paid to talk about and I wouldn't have it any other way.
It's good to know that there are so many art lovers out there.
I have a particular interest in modern and contemporary, but the last few years I've really been digging post-modernism. I go through phases. Last year it was German Neo-Expressionism, before that the early conceptualism of Manzoni and Klein and before that it was YBAs.
Right now I am completely caught up in the notion of the object (the minimalist emphasis on and the conceptual dematerialization of).
I think I'm going to start making notes and do some writing on it.
Favorite Artists: Rachel Whiteread - in brief, because she forces you to confront space in an emotional, real and three dimensional way. Marcel Duchamp - Because he changed art. He changed the context - the way we define it, think about it, look at it - everything. Anselm Kiefer - The texture, the content, the build-up - he always delivers. Francis Bacon - His intense, sublime and desperate figures will stay with you for days if you aren't careful. Cecily Brown - Luscious surfaces, immense canvases, erotic themes all add up to one of the most interesting painters out there.
I also have a soft spot for the Spanish masters - Velasquez, Goya & Picasso.
As such my favorite painting is still Las Meninas. The complexity is stunning; there is just so much going on in that canvas. It is painting.
Oh and a few comments. . .
I'm a fan of the Judith and Holofernes subject, but my favorite is Genteleschi's graphic version (blood spurts and all).
I love the Rothko room at the Tate Modern. I'm not sure if it's because the lights are slightly dim or the paintings are just that powerful, but it is always so quiet in there. I love the idea that art can force silence. It's funny, those paintings were originally supposed to be the background for a restaurant in the Four Seasons hotel. It's a good thing he changed his mind.
In terms of value I am at a loss. At this point I don't know if there are any true collectors left. All I see are buyers who are looking for a return on their investment. I don't know how much longer this can go on though. The art market bubble has been expanding so much lately that it's just bound to burst. How else can we explain this?
Here are a couple photographers whose work I admire.
This is Bruce Caines...such an awesome man. We have never worked together but he is one of the nicest, coolest men ever. And he only shoots film..not digital. He is awesome. When I told him I wanted to buy one of his pieces, he said he would give it to me when we worked together. Well, that has happened yet. lol http://www.brucecaines.com/home.html
i could show you more, but i guess that's enough for the moment...haha..
i would really like to know what you think of the artists/paintings.
and i'd love you to post some more of your favourites. :-)
Firstly, I was in the Rothko room again yesterday afternoon with a friend. She didn't like it but I appreciated it more than I have in the past. I intend to spend some time in there one afternoon with Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel on my iPod. It's a classical piece intended to be listened to in the Rothko chapel but the Tate's Rothko room has to be the next best thing
Secondly, Where the Wild Things Are is amazing. I nearly bought a new copy of that last month since I haven't seen mine since I was about 5. The illustrations used to scare me.
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
Comments
He's worked a lot with Neil Gaiman, so, as you can imagine it's quite dark...
Beautiful though...
http://www.mckean-art.co.uk/
Wembley 18/06/07
If there was a reason, it was you.
O2 Arena 18/09/09
Lovely stuff. Was 'Mirrormask' worth seeing? It got mixed reviews.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
Not sure if I'm gonna bother with Stardust either....I always prefer the books....:)
Wembley 18/06/07
If there was a reason, it was you.
O2 Arena 18/09/09
Did he do that as well?
Stardust was good, not great. Too brightly coloured, romanticised, not dark enough. I saw the book the day afterwards and was surprised to see that the 'tone' of it was entirely different: black, gothic, dark. Like the film should have been.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
In fact read ANYTHING by Neil Gaiman, the mans a twisted genius.
Esp, Smoke and Mirrors or Fragile Things
Wembley 18/06/07
If there was a reason, it was you.
O2 Arena 18/09/09
I will! Thanks for the 'heads up', as they say across the pond.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
sometimes i look at rothko and think to myself what the.....?
OMG!! i so so love where the wild things are. tis one of my favouritest books ever.
i'm more a fan of the red dragon and the woman clothed with the sun.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I like the fact that the Abstract Expressionists were making paintings that purely make you feel; not representative of concrete things but feelings. I've seen the Rothko room at the Tate Modern in London and man, it's dark, brooding, oppressive. That's what he meant, imo.
Me too
I need to check that one out. Will do now!
EDIT: Yeah, that's pretty cool too.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
sounds like my kind of place.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
btw, that is the head of holofernes judith's attendant is carrying on her head. i love how judith isn't shown joyously triumphant. i love the folds in the gowns. i love the colours. and yeah he deserved to lose his head.
http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/botticel/p-bottice2.htm
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
He's responsible for Alien...
It's sooooo surreal.
http://www.giger.com/Home.jsp
Wembley 18/06/07
If there was a reason, it was you.
O2 Arena 18/09/09
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/07/27/arts/27rebe_CA1.html
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
yeah, thats what the dutchies do, getting you stoned and crying...;)
I am sure I wasn't stoned when I went into the museum though. I wanted to get a clear experience. I was by myself at the time too and was paranoid enough as it was! lol
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore
"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
~ed, 8/7
You'd love it.
You've really got to see Rothko's stuff full size before you 'get it'.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
http://kent.altervista.org/_altervista_ht/stieglitz_hands_and_thimble_.JPG
Would have put it there spud, but you can't edit, so I figured AET was a better option.
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o1/DeniseHoward/inharmony.jpg
Oh! That's gorgeous!
I've really got to pull my finger out and read back over this thread, so much stuff has been posted and I haven't checked it all out yet.
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
It's good to know that there are so many art lovers out there.
I have a particular interest in modern and contemporary, but the last few years I've really been digging post-modernism. I go through phases. Last year it was German Neo-Expressionism, before that the early conceptualism of Manzoni and Klein and before that it was YBAs.
Right now I am completely caught up in the notion of the object (the minimalist emphasis on and the conceptual dematerialization of).
I think I'm going to start making notes and do some writing on it.
Favorite Artists:
Rachel Whiteread - in brief, because she forces you to confront space in an emotional, real and three dimensional way.
Marcel Duchamp - Because he changed art. He changed the context - the way we define it, think about it, look at it - everything.
Anselm Kiefer - The texture, the content, the build-up - he always delivers.
Francis Bacon - His intense, sublime and desperate figures will stay with you for days if you aren't careful.
Cecily Brown - Luscious surfaces, immense canvases, erotic themes all add up to one of the most interesting painters out there.
I also have a soft spot for the Spanish masters - Velasquez, Goya & Picasso.
As such my favorite painting is still Las Meninas. The complexity is stunning; there is just so much going on in that canvas. It is painting.
Oh and a few comments. . .
I'm a fan of the Judith and Holofernes subject, but my favorite is Genteleschi's graphic version (blood spurts and all).
I love the Rothko room at the Tate Modern. I'm not sure if it's because the lights are slightly dim or the paintings are just that powerful, but it is always so quiet in there. I love the idea that art can force silence. It's funny, those paintings were originally supposed to be the background for a restaurant in the Four Seasons hotel. It's a good thing he changed his mind.
In terms of value I am at a loss. At this point I don't know if there are any true collectors left. All I see are buyers who are looking for a return on their investment. I don't know how much longer this can go on though. The art market bubble has been expanding so much lately that it's just bound to burst. How else can we explain this?
This is Bruce Caines...such an awesome man. We have never worked together but he is one of the nicest, coolest men ever. And he only shoots film..not digital. He is awesome. When I told him I wanted to buy one of his pieces, he said he would give it to me when we worked together. Well, that has happened yet. lol
http://www.brucecaines.com/home.html
Here are 2 of my favorite pieces of his. Remember...film, not digital.
http://img2.modelmayhem.com/050612/12/42ac70cccd14f.jpg
http://img2.modelmayhem.com/050602/20/429fb75bf1b51.jpg
http://img2.modelmayhem.com/050525/22/429549873346d.jpg
Jeffery Scott is another favorite:
http://img7.modelmayhem.com/070504/19/463bbf0d7b263.jpg
http://img6.modelmayhem.com/070307/05/45ee98281eebc.jpg
http://img4.modelmayhem.com/060428/12/445250bb361d3.jpg
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
they are all austrian artists exept for the last one who is from the USA.
enjoy!
Luigi La Speranza:
http://www.lasperanza.com/home.htm
http://www.lasperanza.com/gallery/oel035.htm
http://www.lasperanza.com/gallery/oel007.htm
http://www.lasperanza.com/gallery/graphit111.htm
http://www.lasperanza.com/gallery/aquarell001.htm
Arik Brauer
http://arikbrauer.at/
http://www.mamusik.bplaced.net/ma/ga....php?nr=9#bild
http://www.mamusik.bplaced.net/ma/ga...php?nr=11#bild
http://www.mamusik.bplaced.net/ma/ga....php?nr=1#bild
Rudolf Hausner
http://www.galerie10.at/galerien/hau...al.php?id=0025
http://www.galerie10.at/galerien/hau...al.php?id=0014
http://www.galerie10.at/galerien/hau...al.php?id=0026
Wolfgang Hutter
http://www.galerie10.at/galerien/hut...al.php?id=0001
http://www.galerie10.at/galerien/hut...al.php?id=0010
http://www.galerie10.at/galerien/hut...al.php?id=0011
Ernst Fuchs
http://www.ernst-fuchs.at
Fritz Aigner
http://www.aignerart.at/DE/Fritz/sho...2&i temID=334
http://www.aignerart.at/DE/Fritz/sho...2&i temID=343
http://www.aignerart.at/DE/Fritz/sho...2&i temID=342
http://www.aignerart.at/DE/Fritz/sho...2&i temID=353
J. P. Preiss
http://www.preiss-art.com/e_home.php
http://www.preiss-art.com/showit/mod...temis_2005.jpg
http://www.preiss-art.com/showit/mod...mente_1991.jpg
http://www.preiss-art.com/showit/mod...birth_2001.jpg
http://www.preiss-art.com/showit/mod...ner_19 96.jpg
http://www.preiss-art.com/showit/mod...nda_1991. jpg
Amanda Sage
http://www.amandasage.com/
http://www.galerie10.at/galerien/ama...al.php?id=0001
http://www.galerie10.at/galerien/ama...al.php?id=0006
http://www.galerie10.at/galerien/ama...al.php?id=0017
i could show you more, but i guess that's enough for the moment...haha..
i would really like to know what you think of the artists/paintings.
and i'd love you to post some more of your favourites. :-)
Munich, Germany 2007
All of his work is done with crayons.
http://www.jeffreyrobert.com/Home_Page.php
And this artist carves crayons.
Amongst some other stuff.
http://www.petegoldlust.com/prints.html
modern art Dunk!
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
I'm sure Dunk will appreciate that as art. It's only the 'silly' stuff us simpletons can't get.
Secondly, Where the Wild Things Are is amazing. I nearly bought a new copy of that last month since I haven't seen mine since I was about 5. The illustrations used to scare me.
http://www.linesandcolors.com/images/2006-01/rackham_350.jpg
http://www.chrisis.org/lace_character/ch_images/rackham.jpg
http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys301/lectures/comp/rack_3bears2.jpg
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/text/carol15.jpg
http://clicks.robertgenn.com/images/featured_artist/arthur-rackham/arthur-rackham-wonderland-artwork.jpg
http://www.klingarts.com/pp/rackham/images/rackham_05_full.jpg
I also love Chet Zar
John Bauer
Or Rien Poortvliet; http://www.nadertotreve.nl/pl/ezel_haard.jpg
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/r/imagenetion-rien-poortvliet.html
Anton Pieck
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And I don't feel right when you're gone away
those are great. :-)
but those chet zar art kind of freaks me out. lol. reminds me of h.r. giger's aliens and other artwork.
Munich, Germany 2007