~* + The ARTY FARTY Thread + *~

Jeanie

wolfbear wrote:

Here's our latest non PJ purchase. On it's way to MasterFramer. It's another one by Collin Bogle. Truly awesome in person.
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.

Westernsky

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?

TrixieCat

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

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

brainofme

i'm just really into art these days so i've got to post some more great pictures. i would love to know what you think of them.

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. :-)

TrixieCat

How awesome is this guy?
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!

jamie uk

TrixieCat wrote:

How awesome is this guy?
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!

I'm sure Dunk will appreciate that as art. It's only the 'silly' stuff us simpletons can't get.

Jeremy1012

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

Mark Rothko

http://www.nga.gov/feature/rothko/classic1.shtm

I also enjoy illustration, especially Maurice Sendak:

'Where the Wild Things Are'

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0060254920/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-5112839-7653455#

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.

Collin

I like Arthur Rackham.

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

TrixieCat

Collin wrote:

I like Arthur Rackham.

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 can't imagine Wind in the Willows, Midsummer's or Alice without his work.

brainofme

Collin wrote:

I like Arthur Rackham.

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

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.

Ridin The Wave

Elizabeth Burry

http://www.elizabethsgallery.com/index.html

Sam Toft

http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getthumb.asp&cid=CB53ECA096C04767B9154471CB226B7D&sortby=&c=c&page=1&Search=54930&parentpath=0-1152-7205

Anything by the Group of Seven and those associated with it, but most especially,

Tom Thomson

http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getthumb.asp&cid=CB53ECA096C04767B9154471CB226B7D&sortby=&c=c&page=1&Search=28746&parentpath=0-1013-19277-2141

As for local artists,

Dave Hind

http://www.davehind.com/

Paul Dolanjski

http://flickr.com/photos/vewt/

Sam Javanrouh

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/ - look at this guy's galleries for sure....he's amazing....

Jeanie

Ridin The Wave wrote:

Sam Toft

http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getthumb.asp&cid=CB53ECA096C04767B9154471CB226B7D&sortby=&c=c&page=1&Search=54930&parentpath=0-1152-7205

Just working my way through your post RTW. There's some awesome paintings here. I like these the most!