Only the New (art)

greg · January 18, 2011, 05:44:22 AM

Bobby Goldsboro

I read about him in the newspaper- supposedly was a top-40 country singer. He lives in The Villages, Florida, which is about a 50 min. drive from where I live. A lot of his stuff is based on Florida nature scenes.
http://www.bobbygoldsboro.com/Paintings_Info/GALLERY_PAGE_1/

MDL · January 18, 2011, 05:57:11 AM

Quote from: knight on January 17, 2011, 09:29:13 AM
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

Tate Modern is on my usual weekend walk route, so luckily I didn't have to put much effort into checking it out. I would have felt a bit cheated otherwise.

Philoctetes · January 20, 2011, 10:38:45 PM

Holy shit, man! This thing exploded. Thanks for all of the wonderful posts. It will take me days to get through them all, but thanks so much.

This isn't wholly modern, but the piece is so rad I just have to post it. Plus it is currently being exhibited, and I think it fits under the 'moniker' of 'modern'.

For the morning: Helio Oiticica and Neville D'Almeida
http://www.npr.org/2011/01/19/133056623/art-in-a-pool-l-a-museum-goers-take-the-plunge

Philoctetes · January 25, 2011, 08:08:47 PM

For the night: Babak Kazemi
http://www.mopcap.com/artists/view/155/284

knight66 · January 28, 2011, 12:23:05 PM

Anthony Gormley

Mike

Lethevich · January 28, 2011, 12:34:40 PM

That angel sculpture would look so fitting in fascist Italy - it's a weird thing.

knight66 · January 28, 2011, 12:37:33 PM

I have passed close by it a number of times; it works and certainly it is a popular hit with the folk in Newcastle and enviorns. Yes, it could have been put onto Castle San Angelo, I can imagine that.

Mike

MDL · January 29, 2011, 04:56:13 AM

I visited Blundellsands in 2008. The scale of the work is amazing.

knight66 · January 29, 2011, 05:11:54 AM

That looks great. I enjoyed the jolt of seeing his figures on the top of buildings around central London, but then were temporary.

In Edinburgh, along the leafey Water of Leith, there are a series of his figures wading in water or just looking at it. I have only seen photos, but next time I am up there I intend to take that walk.

Mike

MDL · January 29, 2011, 05:18:52 AM

Quote from: knight on January 29, 2011, 05:11:54 AM
That looks great. I enjoyed the jolt of seeing his figures on the top of buildings around central London, but then were temporary.

In Edinburgh, along the leafey Water of Leith, there are a series of his figures wading in water or just looking at it. I have only seen photos, but next time I am up there I intend to take that walk.

Mike

Yes, seeing the figures on the roofs of the Southbank Centre was slightly unnerving first thing in the morning. But the 100 statues that make up Another Place in Blundellsands are an amazing sight; eerie and intriguing.

PaulSC · January 29, 2011, 07:56:45 PM

Pae White, Smoke Knows (2009). Saw this at San Francisco MOMA today. It looks photographic (in person, too), but amazingly it's a tapestry woven in cotton and polyester.

knight66 · January 30, 2011, 12:38:48 AM

Paul, It is not showing up. Might be a 'protected' image. Knowing MOMA, I would not be surprised.

Mike

offbeat · January 30, 2011, 08:55:17 AM

Stuart Brisley - not sure why i like this but i do

knight66 · January 30, 2011, 09:16:09 AM

No, I am not sure either as to why you would like it.

Mike

PaulSC · January 30, 2011, 09:18:26 AM

Fixing the image that didn't show before (Pae White):

@offbeat: that Brisley image is disturbing!

MDL · January 30, 2011, 09:41:45 AM

Quote from: offbeat on January 30, 2011, 08:55:17 AM

Stuart Brisley - not sure why i like this but i do

It's certainly a striking image; is it meant to be an updating of Munch's The Scream? But is it art? Or would it be put to better use as a brilliant advert for Amnesty or the latest torture porn movie?

offbeat · January 31, 2011, 10:06:02 AM

Quote from: MDL on January 30, 2011, 09:41:45 AM
It's certainly a striking image; is it meant to be an updating of Munch's The Scream? But is it art? Or would it be put to better use as a brilliant advert for Amnesty or the latest torture porn movie?

Good point MDL - could be a Munch Scream or maybe this Bacon pic

MDL · January 31, 2011, 10:39:05 AM

Quote from: offbeat on January 31, 2011, 10:06:02 AM
Good point MDL - could be a Munch Scream or maybe this Bacon pic

I really like some of Bacon's work. Well, perhaps "like" isn't the correct word... This one always gives me a jolt. It's probably my favourite piece in Tate Britain. Apparently, it inspired the chestburster from Ridley Scott's Alien.

offbeat · February 08, 2011, 02:22:09 AM

Rabbit 1
This from Helen Masacz - imo this is beautifully painted but at the same time feel rather disturbed by it $:-\$

Philoctetes · March 25, 2011, 07:37:11 PM

Thanks again for all of the amazing posts and good discussions along the way.

Bring that shit back: Ahmed Al Safi
http://sites.google.com/site/alsafiart/home/

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