Only the New (art)

[Henk]

Eh! Easy! No not at all easy. This is a virtuoso utilising paint in a starting way and as I suggested; difficult to convey the impact if you are not in the same space as the canvases. You proved my point.

Mike

Ok, the painting technique can be really difficult and praised, but it just generates an effect and not much more.

[Henk]

For Greg:

Yoshitomo Nara

[PaulSC]

Julie Mehretu

[CD]

Ok, the painting technique can be really difficult and praised, but it just generates an effect and not much more.

not a gerhard richter fan?



i like this too

[CD]

Carrie Gundersdorf
Two widths of the epsilon ring - green version
2007
Oil on canvas

[CD]

Kim Dorland
Hitchhiker, 2009
oil and acrylic on wood

[greg]

For Greg:

Yoshitomo Nara

Lol, they look kinda creepy 

Julie Mehretu

This is very cool!

Kim Dorland
Hitchhiker, 2009
oil and acrylic on wood

And so it this one.

[Scarpia]

For "kinetic sculpture"



http://www.woodthatworks.com/kinetic-sculptures/journey/#ViewVideoAnchor

[knight66]

greg, if it is creepy you want, try Ron Mueck's hyper realistic pieces. They are almost alarming. Either huge or very small, he takes the human figure and places the viewer at 'the wrong scale'. You look at them and marvel at the technique, but much more than that you wonder and you think.







Lots of his work illustrated here.....

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=post;topic=17529.200;last_msg=482199

Mike

[knight66]

Different and much admired, Anish Kapoor. Indian born sculpture, but living in the UK. He has moved from this:



to this wonderful vast temporary piece at the Tate Modern in London:



Lots of his work here:

http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&xhr=t&q=anish+kapoor&cp=5&wrapid=tljp129525041612508&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=980&bih=566

Mike

[knight66]

Finally for now, the Tate piece reminded me of another temporary work there, life affirming and enveloping, 'The Weather Project' by Olafur Eliasson.



Mike

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

i like this too

That must be by Jessica Muller, must be! I know her. I even think my ex-wife owns this painting (or something similar).

[knight66]

The Muller is pretty stunning. I hope it is quite large, looks like it ought to be.

Mike

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

The Muller is pretty stunning. I hope it is quite large, looks like it ought to be.

Mike

From the moment I saw her work, I loved it. I like the warnth of the colours and the magical sense of depth she creates through the layeredness. Some canvases are quite large. Here is her site:

http://www.jessicamuller.nl/index_uk.shtml

This is the one 'we' (and now my ex, who bought it) own(ed):

[MDL]

Finally for now, the Tate piece reminded me of another temporary work there, life affirming and enveloping, 'The Weather Project' by Olafur Eliasson.



Mike

I loved this one and the Kapoor. Have you seen the current exhibition, that seeds thing by Ai Weiwei? Very disappointing. Each time I see it, I think, "My mum's just paid a few grand to get something like that scraped off her driveway and replaced by tarmac." I'm not posting a picture because it might look like I'm recommending it.

[greg]

greg, if it is creepy you want, try Ron Mueck's hyper realistic pieces. They are almost alarming. Either huge or very small, he takes the human figure and places the viewer at 'the wrong scale'. You look at them and marvel at the technique, but much more than that you wonder and you think.

Creepy indeed. 

[knight66]

I loved this one and the Kapoor. Have you seen the current exhibition, that seeds thing by Ai Weiwei? Very disappointing. Each time I see it, I think, "My mum's just paid a few grand to get something like that scraped off her driveway and replaced by tarmac." I'm not posting a picture because it might look like I'm recommending it.

No I have not been in for a few months. Reading about the latest exibit did not inspire me to cut time out of the day to see it.

Mike

[CD]

That must be by Jessica Muller, must be! I know her. I even think my ex-wife owns this painting (or something similar).

Believe it or not, it's Gerhard Richter's Bach!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Believe it or not, it's Gerhard Richter's Bach!

Ha! And I just wrote to her... Well well. But if you like that painting by Richter, you must like some works by Jessica, too!

[(poco) Sforzando]

From the moment I saw her work, I loved it. I like the warnth of the colours and the magical sense of depth she creates through the layeredness. Some canvases are quite large. Here is her site:

http://www.jessicamuller.nl/index_uk.shtml

This is the one 'we' (and now my ex, who bought it) own(ed):

Reminds me of some of the more beautiful work by Darina Karpov, who probably works on a much smaller scale:
http://www.darinakarpov.com/2009/dkarp2009.html
http://www.darinakarpov.com/2009/dkarp2010.html