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  • ahlefeldt
    Senior Member
    • May 2008
    • 621

    Art (Contemporary and Otherwise)



    I don't know if this post has already been made, but I am giving it a go.</p>

    My favourite piece of art at this moment is:</p>

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    It's made by the artist Troels Carlsen.
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  • Diego
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2007
    • 1111

    #2
    Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)



    By Klimt - "medicine" (study)
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    and more.</p>

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    • BECOMING-INTENSE
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2008
      • 1868

      #3
      Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)

      Small Self-Portrait(c. 1657) Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn


      I think this is one of the most beautiful self-portraits he ever painted. The manner in which he unsparingly depicts the marks of life on his face with the help of an unbelievably free application of paint. This self-portrait conveys in a double sense an image of the destruction of the face, on one hand the destruction to which the face has been subjected by the process of aging on the other hand, it is a violation of the likeness through the brutal use of brush and paint.

      Last edited by BECOMING-INTENSE; 11-25-2011, 04:54 PM.
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      • BECOMING-INTENSE
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2008
        • 1868

        #4
        Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)

        Portrait Of The Painter Karl Zakovsek(1910) Egon Schiele


        Schiele's muted palette underscoring the subject's melancholy mood. Though the sitter is dressed formal, in a three-piece suit, he is shirtless: the quintessential picture of the impoverished artist.

        Last edited by BECOMING-INTENSE; 11-25-2011, 04:54 PM.
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        Of course.

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        • justine
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2007
          • 672

          #5
          Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)

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          • Boki
            Senior Member
            • May 2008
            • 108

            #6
            Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)

            i dont know if this directly fits into this thread but i love what Theo Jansen is doing right now, they called him the "DaVinci of the new age". He calls himself a kinetic sculptor, and what he does is create this massive machines that function and move just by the wind. its amazing. i advise anyone whos interested look him up on youtube.

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            • AKA*NYC
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2007
              • 3007

              #7
              Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)



              <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "></span></p>

              <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ">Blood on the Floor by Francis Bacon </span></span></p>
              LOVE THE SHIRST... HOW much?

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              • jsp
                Member
                • Jan 2008
                • 41

                #8
                Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)



                An art installation called Convergence by Valerie Wedel. </p>

                </p>

                The installation conveyed a sense of calmness and serenity throughout as I walked in it. I felt like I was in a waterfall or the sea, but the entire thing was captivating. There's another piece Wedel did last autumn which was similar to this one. </p>

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                • mamaboy
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2008
                  • 415

                  #9
                  Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)

                  i worship bacon {but i hate to admit it }
                  but what started out as business has quickley turned to pleasure

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                  • klangspiel
                    Senior Member
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 577

                    #10
                    Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)



                    For today, these are my favourite pieces. By GünterBrus and Hermann Nitsch.</P>


                    I believe Poell said somewhere (I forget where) that hewas deeply influenced by the Vienna Actionists.</P>


                    </P>


                    </P>


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                    • justine
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 672

                      #11
                      Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)

                      [quote user="AKA*NYC"]

                      <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: normal;">Blood on the Floor by Francis Bacon</span></span></p>[/quote]Didn't know this one, wow.

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                      • AKA*NYC
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 3007

                        #12
                        Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)

                        [quote user="klangspiel"]

                        I believe Poell said somewhere (I forget where) that he was deeply influenced by the Vienna Actionists.
                        </p>

                        [/quote]</p>

                        I would love to see this confirmed. I have said over and over that Poell strikes me as the fashion counterpart to the Vienna Aktionists. This is what initially drew me to his clothes.</p>[quote user="justine"][quote user="AKA*NYC"]

                        <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: normal; ">Blood on the Floor by Francis Bacon </span></span></p>[/quote]Didn't know this one, wow.


                        [/quote]</p>

                        I saw it years ago in person at the Francis Bacon retrospective in San Francisco. In a way it's starkly different than his other work but thematically it's as Bacon as it gets... :)</p>

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                        LOVE THE SHIRST... HOW much?

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                        • BECOMING-INTENSE
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 1868

                          #13
                          Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)

                          Pope Innocent X(1650) Diego Velázquez


                          Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X(1953) Francis Bacon


                          Talking about Francis Bacon, during the 50s and early 60s he did several studies after one of the most striking papal portraits I have ever come across. This I think is important in how this portrait is pursued today.The striking part is not because of the popes unique personality, his inhumaness, the combination of heroic power and corruption, but because of the opposite of uniqueness: Of what he has in common with other human beings. The human condition. How Velázquez ever got away with this is interesting.

                          Last edited by BECOMING-INTENSE; 11-25-2011, 04:55 PM.
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                          Of course.

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                          • DHC
                            Senior Member
                            • Jul 2007
                            • 2155

                            #14
                            Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)

                            Thanks BI. I haven't seen that Francis Bacon in a good 15 years or so.
                            Originally posted by Faust
                            fuck you, i don't have an attitude problem.

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                            • justine
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 672

                              #15
                              Re: Your Favorite art-piece(s)

                              [quote user="BECOMING-INTENSE"]How Velázquez ever got away with this is interesting. [/quote]Right! i also wonder how Goya got away painting all those monarchs looking like monsters too. Goya's definitely in the list of my favorites.

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