Art that you like

[North Star]

Oh, a Canadian

[Ken B]

Oh, a Canadian

Like Bach and Brahms!

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Any fans of Takashi Murakami around here?

[North Star]

Any fans of Takashi Murakami around here?

I can't say I know his work very well, but a glimpse doesn't attract me to it. I'd like to know what you think of it, if you do like his work, though.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I can't say I know his work very well, but a glimpse doesn't attract me to it. I'd like to know what you think of it, if you do like his work, though.

His works are often very large, difficult to get the full effect of them on a computer screen.  What I do find interesting is his own approach to 'pop art' and especially the combination of traditional styles of Japanese art with his idiosyncratic pop art aesthetic. The paintings with very repetitive motifs I'm not so much a fan of, but there are many more which I find stunning.

[North Star]

His works are often very large, difficult to get the full effect of them on a computer screen.  What I do find interesting is his own approach to 'pop art' and especially the combination of traditional styles of Japanese art with his idiosyncratic pop art aesthetic. The paintings with very repetitive motifs I'm not so much a fan of, but there are many more which I find stunning.

Thanks. Yes, I'm sure the large works would impress more in life. His style has still (way) too much of Japanese popular culture in it for me to appreciate it, though.

[North Star]

Andrew Wyeth: Tracks at Kuerners, 1995



Andrew Wyeth: River Weir, 1951






Wind from the Sea, 1947. tempera on hardboard 47x70 cm

[Ken B]

Andrew Wyeth: Tracks at Kuerners, 1995



Andrew Wyeth: River Weir, 1951






Wind from the Sea, 1947. tempera on hardboard 47x70 cm

*searches for Canadian version of Andrew Wyeth*

*fails*

*sighs, shrugs, moves on*

[North Star]

*searches for Canadian version of Andrew Wyeth*

*fails*

*sighs, shrugs, moves on*

*chortle*

[North Star]

Peder Balke (1804-1887, Norway)

[NikF]

Young girl under the bridge Slasko-Dabrowski, Poland. 1980.

This is by Jean-Philippe Charbonnier.

[North Star]

Rembrandt (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669): Jewish Bride, ca. 1667

[geralmar]

Not art, perhaps; but when I was ten I was entranced by this paperback cover:





Alan Ladd in the movie failed to measure up to my fantasy.

[Turner]

Peder Balke (1804-1887, Norway)

Quite extraordinary pieces, I didn't know those, tak.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Quite like the work of Yayoi Kusama and thought I should get to know a little more of her work considering she is getting her own museum. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get tickets to see it by the time I am in Japan at the end of the year......

Here's a nice pumpkin

[aleazk]

I love Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Room instalations:



I wish I could experience one of those in person.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Quite like the work of Yayoi Kusama and thought I should get to know a little more of her work considering she is getting her own museum. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get tickets to see it by the time I am in Japan at the end of the year......

Here's a nice pumpkin

About a year or so ago there was a Yaoi Kusama exhibition in my country (Finland) that I went to see and I remember that pumpkin well. Very interesting.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I love Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Room instalations:



I wish I could experience one of those in person.

Absolutely. It's a shame that photographs will never do her work justice...

[North Star]

Looking at Nicolas de Staël's work, something I've been meaning to do for a long time...

[NikF]

Looking at Nicolas de Staël's work, something I've been meaning to do for a long time...

Yeah, oor ritter just commented http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,301.msg1137729.html#msg1137729

But anything in particular that immediately strikes you about de Staël's work? When you have a moment, do tell.