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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
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 Posted - 12/05/2003 : 16:18:24
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I like the 'dad' polls the best. I'll be the subject of these soon.
 "I have been enslaved by the Cult of Ming / He is ever so merciless...unlike that nice Mr Black." |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 12/05/2003 : 16:27:18
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If you can ever find the Essential Calvin & Hobbes Anthology, check out the illustrated poem at the start, the art is actually pretty great.
"The monster, in his consternation, demonstrated defenstration."
"What are we going to do tonight, Brain?"
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
871 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2003 : 02:09:43
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Originally posted by bedrock_barney
Who painted this then? It may surprise you.
(No cheating!!)
I'm sure the suspense is killing you all.
This was actually painted by Picasso when he was about 17! I think he rejected 'conventional' 19th C art soon after.
The mark of a genius. (I could barely tie my shoelaces when I was 17)
"I have been enslaved by the Cult of Ming / He is ever so merciless...unlike that nice Mr Black." |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2003 : 05:57:16
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Picasso is not my cup of tea. I guess I'm just more into the artists who improve more with time. I know that Picasso was trying to make a concious rejection and portray art in a way vastly different from his contemporaries, but I just never liked the end result.
I'm sure you all know people who say "THAT'S art?!!! My five year old son (or daughter) could draw better than that!" Well, maybe a five year old couldn't grasp the concept behind what was supposed to be represented by drawing in that style, but I can't help but think of this reaction when I see Picasso's art.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
871 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2003 : 07:45:15
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Glacial. I here what you are saying (partly). I think that Picasso effectively earned the right to paint in a 'simplistic' style. He had proved early in his life that he could paint classical pieces of high quality (e.g. the Old Fisherman) but this obviously didn't move him artisically. Some of his work is very simply constructed but it should be remembered that he worked in many different mediums, tried his hand and sculptures, clayware and ceramics.
'Guernica' is an incredibly powerful piece of 20th C art which, I think, gets across the message much more effectively than it would if painted in, say oils with conventional figures.
What about your Wolf Kahn painting:
Pretty simplistic. My 6 year old could have a stab at it!!
"I have been enslaved by the Cult of Ming / He is ever so merciless...unlike that nice Mr Black." |
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2003 : 08:08:01
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Some Otto Dix maybe?
Take the Fauves, add one teaspoon of morphine and two sleeping tablets and you get Die Brucke...
Agit-PrOP-ART? Here, have some Banksy.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2003 : 08:35:34
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Niiiiice, Scarla O! I like I like!
 Join the Cult of Carl / Lisening him do bass for our power ballad 'Hypocrite of the Heart' is like lisening to angels play bass. |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/08/2003 : 09:57:01
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In response to Bedrock, I don't think that his "Old Fisherman" is a very good classical painting either. Picasso's unconventional style seems messy to me; maybe I'm just a perfectionist or as an artist maybe it's just not my thing. It all just boils down to personal taste.
I wouldn't defend Wolf Kahn as his work is somewhat simplistic, but it just appeals to me for some reason. Something about the way he uses colors.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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Bryan Shepherd
- FB Fan -
USA
126 Posts |
Posted - 12/13/2003 : 17:03:24
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I'm intrigued/repelled by John Currin. In a good way.
Kinda the same way I felt about some Dali stuff when I first saw it(not that they're the same).
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 12/15/2003 : 15:34:20
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i like cat art
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2003 : 15:41:59
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Any of you guys come across Sam Taylor-Wood? She's a British artist who works mostly woth video. If you get the chance visit the Tate Modern in London to see her still life vanitas film, or her setting of Strauss' Elektra at the Tate Britain.
I also saw a bunch of William Blake illustrations the other day - those are awesome, although hardly 'modern' art.
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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2003 : 19:54:21
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Originally posted by bedrock_barney
Who painted this then? It may surprise you.
(No cheating!!)
"I have been enslaved by the Cult of Ming / He is ever so merciless...unlike that nice Mr Black."
Wasn't that painted by a young Picasso?
I really dig Frank Stella
De Chirico,
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and yes, Don Van Vliet (a.k.a. Captain Beefheart)
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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2003 : 19:56:21
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Damn it! I was right but I guessed it before I saw there were two pages to the post. Oh well...
"Join the Cult of Clootie / and you'll get more booty!" www.mp3.com/clootie |
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