Art (Contemporary and Otherwise)

[Muzuen]

A piece from Allen Williams, who is quickly becoming my favorite artist.
He's also the creature designer for Pacific Rim.

[mrbeuys]

Really liked this one because of the industry in which I work :)

You work for UPS?

[KarissmaYve]

Berlinde De Bruyckere

<3

[olethomas]

Berlinde De Bruyckere

!!!!!!!!
Reminds me also of one of my favorite painters Nicola Samorì:

[ahn]

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Reminds me also of one of my favorite painters Nicola Samorì:

OH I adore Nicola Samorì's paintings! Elegantly harrowing.

[J_J]

Great to see Samorì getting some love here!
I recently saw an exhibition of his in Modena.
His "decomposing painting" series is very compelling (at times even unsettling)

[interest1]

Christer Strömholm

[Simari]

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.

Framcis Bacon is certainly one of my favorite artist. I love, not only this piece based on the pope, but a lot of the other portraits he made because they were so raw and beautiful despite the dark nature.

[fncyths]

modernist : luis tomasello

[ambrosian]

[menofoutsiders]

Moises Mahiques is my current obsession

[Picasso]

Framcis Bacon is certainly one of my favorite artist. I love, not only this piece based on the pope, but a lot of the other portraits he made because they were so raw and beautiful despite the dark nature.

You guys familiar with the idea that Francis bacon may have been Shakespeare ?

[Simari]

You guys familiar with the idea that Francis bacon may have been Shakespeare ?

Yeah, we briefed on that theory in a lit course I took. Not the same Francis Bacon though, of course. This guy was a baron and there's a lot of evidence that points in the right direction, but not enough I guess? I kind of like Shakespeare remaining a mysterious so the lack of evidence is cool by me.

[interest1]

Eugen Wiškovský

[lost53]

^beautiful, loaded with with feeling.
To be honest I had only seen some abstract images of his and was not that impressed. Will do some more homework.