I find my taste in artwork changes rapidly. A few years ago, I couldn't imagine liking: Shvaiko: Some more Shvaiko: http://www.allposters.com/gallery.a...s.com/GetPoster.asp?APNum=290510&f=a&P=1&PP=5 http://www.piersidegallery.com/artists/shvaiko/vs2y1-02.htm Or Kincaid: I don't really care for Kinaid's style, per se, but the feeling that some of his paintings evoke (along with the way they seem to be 'lit'). I also find myslef appreciating impressionist work more now. What kind of art do ya'll care for?
Did anyone see that young woman on "CBS Sunday Morning" today. She had "painted" a whole kitchen (even Dust Bunnies) with beads. It took her five years. It was pretty cool.
30 million beads? Pretty cool, giddyup. Nice story, too. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/07/sunday/main539895.shtml http://www.nfobase.com/html/liza_lou.htm
Renaissance mainly the biggies like Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Also like Durer as well as guys who came into the Baroque era like Rubens and El Greco. I'm also a fan of Impressionist artists like Renoir, Manet, Degas, and Whistler. Some other random favorite artists: Rodin (sculpture) Bernini (sculpture) Donatello (sculpture) Giotto Picasso (Blue Period only) Cezanne Andrew Wyeth Edward Hopper Titian Goya just to name a few
i really like b&w photography...particularly urban shots....there is a photographer who has a little gallery in the french quarter near Jackson Square...everytime I'm in N.O., I stop in and find it hard not to buy 2 or 3 prints of his stuff.
Both artists are very skilled, and if I had to pick between the two, I'd go Shvaiko. In this instance he has a warming and coolling palette that makes you feel a little more emotion than the lower painting. But having said that, I think this type of art is more or less unimaginative. what I do like about both pieces is that when you turn off the lights they seem to glow. That's an effect that 's hard to achieve.
I own a Mario Perez original... http://www.marioperez.org from my private collection: I also have a numbered, limited edition Salvador Dali ink drawing print of Don Quixote. Bad @ss!! I like just about all kinds of art from modern day artists to Basquiat to Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and the classic masters...
1. El Greco was not a Baroque or "Baroque Era" painter - he came earlier, just after the High Renaissance when most were practicing a mannerist style. He can't really be classified as Mannerist, though...he is just El Greco. 2. Manet and Whistler were not Impressionists. Cohen, If you like Kincaid's work, maybe you should buy one of his houses. You would have to buy it with all of the furniture already in it, though, to get his "experience." No offense, but I wouldn't call either of the two you posted artists...more like commercial artists. Phillyrocket, Friedrich is an interesting choice - work inspired by Kant. For those unfamiliar: I am interested in too many things to list, and I have already posted images before...here are a few new ones. Let's do the representation of the male body in 19th Century France. First, David's manly, heroic men in The Oath of the Horatii: How about the homoeroticism of Girodet's Sleep of Endymion: Gericault's Insane Man: Caillebotte's working men in The Floor Scrapers: Finally, Cormon's ancient man (with links to "modern savages") in Cain:
No offense taken. I understand how they may not 'rank' high, but I also think saying they aren't artists is a little strong...sounds snobbish (no offense ). I think they are skilled (I certainly could not do that) and their work means something to me beyond the literal interpretation. I understand that their works are not necessarily 'sophisticated' art. I probably find them enjoyable because they are calming (particulalrly when I'm working at almost midnight on a Sunday).
Oh...and that's pretty cool. I enjoy it quite a bit, and you can call me unrefined but probably wouldn't hang it in my home
My turn - none taken at all, I am most definitely an art snob...it goes with the territory. Keep in mind that me saying they are not artists goes beyond technical and formal qualities. I have serious doubts as to whether Kincaid, for example, even paints his paintings - they are far too mass produced, unless he is just really really fast. Otherwise he would never be able to fill all of his shopping mall galleries and also have enough ready to ship by either web or mail order, and still have time to do his pre-fab houses, etc. I see him as a male version of Martha Stewart. Head, You are lucky to have a Mario Perez original...worth more than the Dali (by the way if you want another Dali print and have about $1800 to spare, I can hook you up)! hp, You can like that crackpot misogynist who painted the same tree from the same angle for days at a time all you want, you don't know any better...you have artists in the family.
