Favourite piece of art? Page 2

Quote: zooo @ February 19 2011, 5:53 PM GMT

I know, it's amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. The blues and greens in the ice give me an art boner.

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Yeah, they really capture the scene on that painting.

Quote: Griff @ February 19 2011, 4:39 PM GMT

A friend of mine dragged me to a contemporary art show in a warehouse in Brick Lane a couple of years ago (the sort of thing I would normally run a million miles from) and it was fantastic.

The artist was Shepard Fairey:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=shepard+fairey

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Just looked at this. (forgot that he was the guy behind the "Hope" poster) Some of the retro imagery of his is right up my street:

The Dali Museum in St. Pete is worth a trip if you're ever in Florida. Most of his masterworks are there.

Quote: zooo @ February 19 2011, 5:57 PM GMT

I've always liked Lichtenstein. Yum.

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I know, right? I've seen a load of his up close- it's amazing that you can still spot the pencil lines!

I went to a Pollock exhibition once. They are so delish close up. I love big blobs and wadges of paint, corrrrr.

They are sooo good close up.

Quote: DaButt @ February 19 2011, 6:43 PM GMT

The Dali Museum in St. Pete is worth a trip if you're ever in Florida. Most of his masterworks are there.

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Would LOVE that. I've only seen Lobster Phone and a couple ofhis smaller paintings in real life.

Quote: Nat Wicks @ February 19 2011, 6:56 PM GMT

Would LOVE that. I've only seen Lobster Phone and a couple ofhis smaller paintings in real life.

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I was familiar with many of his paintings but I was surprised by the size of them. Some were 15 feet tall and some were 6 inches wide. They all looked the same size in the books and magazines I'd read.

Quote: Nat Wicks @ February 19 2011, 6:56 PM GMT

I know, right? I've seen a load of his up close- it's amazing that you can still spot the pencil lines!

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Phwoarr.

It's always surreal seeing famous art in person. Love it.

For the true connoisseur of the aethetic...

For me, this piece poses more questions than it answers. We not only ask "Who is this girl?" and "Why is she not wearing any knickers?", but we are also left with the tantalising enquiry "Did those tennis balls fall out of her clunge?".

Quote: Tim Walker @ February 19 2011, 8:30 PM GMT

For the true connoisseur of the aethetic...

For me, this piece poses more questions than it answers. We not only ask "Who is this girl?" and "Why is she not wearing any knickers?", but we are also left with the tantalising enquiry "Did those tennis balls fall out of her clunge?".

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And what happened to Athena Prints?

And why didn't she shave her legs?

Don't know if it counts as 'art' in the conventional sense, but how the hell does this bloke do it?

http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

Quote: zooo @ February 19 2011, 8:49 PM GMT

And why didn't she shave her legs?

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It was the 70s, dear. Go Google "vintage porn" for examples of far more disturbing hirsute horrors.

There's a sculpture of the Medusa in Glasgow Museum & Art Galleries which absolutely rivets me. Haven't looked at who the artist is as I'm too busy staring at the thing. I could stand there for hours - must be something wrong with me.

Monet's Waterlilies, Waterhouse's 1888 version of The Lady of Shallott, WHAM! as posted by Nat, Van Gogh's Starry Night, Seurat's 'Sunday at the Park'...

Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ February 19 2011, 9:26 PM GMT

Van Gogh's Starry Night

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Aw yeah. (The one they used in Doctor Who!)

Quote: zooo @ February 19 2011, 9:44 PM GMT

Aw yeah. (The one they used in Doctor Who!)

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The stars are far too big, with the one in the top right looking more like the sun! That's a beginner's error, Vincent.

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