Favourite Art...

[Jennifer_English]

I've Just bought this original painting from Ebay for my new studio and Can't wait to get it on the wall....

Do you have any cherished art on your walls at home...?

Pics would be nice :O)

x

[goldtop]

Respectfully, thats not art, its illustration.

Nice turntables though :-)

[Jericho]

Respectfully, thats not art, its illustration.


Go on then, define art.

To me, this is:

[Jennifer_English]

Respectfully, thats not art, its illustration.

Nice turntables though :-)

It's hand painted in oils on canvas.... and yet not art... ?

Nice pic Jericho :O)

[StephanieDee]

Jenn i like the deck art,and jerricho where is that pic from ???? ps jenn have you been playing with your new decks then??

[Kriss]

I LIKE BANKSY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0IJSOq0xg

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

[Kriss]

http://banksyforum.proboards82.com/index.cgi

[Kriss]

MORE BANKSY

[Jericho]

Jenn i like the deck art,and jerricho where is that pic from ???? ps jenn have you been playing with your new decks then??

Jeffery Scott.
http://www.onemodelplace.com/photographer_list.cfm/P_ID/25854

[whatsupwithat]

i love that, kriss. thanks for posting.

[Quinn]

Each of these two pieces is three feet wide and a little over four feet tall. A friend of mine wanted to sell his Manhattan apartment – but didn't want to pay $70K plus to a broker. I told him I could do it in three weeks or less if he would give me these two pieces. He agreed, and I was able to find a buyer in a little over a week. They've been on the living room wall of my NYC flat ever since.

P.S. Sorry for the ridiculous size. It's the default for my camera, and I don't know how in the hell to reset it (it's new).

[Caleigh]

One of my favourite artists is Masami Teraoka
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f390/something_human/Masami_Teraoka_Venus_and_Popes_Work.jpg
Also Genesis P-orridge

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f390/something_human/5.jpg

[Kabuki]

Each of these two pieces is three feet wide and a little over four feet tall. A friend of mine wanted to sell his Manhattan apartment – but didn't want to pay $70K plus to a broker. I told him I could do it in three weeks or less if he would give me these two pieces. He agreed, and I was able to find a buyer in a little over a week. They've been on the living room wall of my NYC flat ever since.

P.S. Sorry for the ridiculous size. It's the default for my camera, and I don't know how in the hell to reset it (it's new).

It sounds like you're doing okay for yourself Quinn. Interesting art. I'm an artist, so I can appreciate work like this.

[Quinn]

Each of these two pieces is three feet wide and a little over four feet tall. A friend of mine wanted to sell his Manhattan apartment – but didn't want to pay $70K plus to a broker. I told him I could do it in three weeks or less if he would give me these two pieces. He agreed, and I was able to find a buyer in a little over a week. They've been on the living room wall of my NYC flat ever since.

P.S. Sorry for the ridiculous size. It's the default for my camera, and I don't know how in the hell to reset it (it's new).

It sounds like you're doing okay for yourself Quinn. Interesting art. I'm an artist, so I can appreciate work like this.

Thanks, Kabuki. That's great that you're an artist. I've always admired the ability of others to create this type, or any type, of art. Unfortunately, despite my passion for art, I lack any discernable skill in creating it (it wasn't pretty).

-Quinn

[Quinn]

Here’s a print that was bought at yard sale some 25 years ago. The story behind this one is interesting. This old, out of production print has been the sole focus of three different legal battles within my extended family. Amazingly, it isn’t valuable and is only worth a small fraction of what has been paid in legal fees to determine its ownership – despite the intense sentimental attachment we all have to it. Strangest of all, not one member of my extended family knows who the original artist was or what the original work was even called, even though considerable research has been applied to that end.

Bottom line: It's mine now and is, by far, the favored piece in my collection. For some reason, since my early childhood, I have identified with the brooding figure in that chair.

-Quinn

[LG]

Jericho wrote:

goldtop wrote:

Respectfully, thats not art, its illustration.
Go one then, define art.

What is art?

Is it this?
http://www.poster.net/van-gogh-vincent/van-gogh-vincent-starry-night-7900566.jpg
Van Gogh-Starry Night

Or this?
http://www.davidmacd.com/images/europe/100_4681_pieta.jpg
Michelangelo-Pieta

Or this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Lempicka_musician.jpg
Tamara de Lempicka-The Musician

This?
http://www.vinylmaniaque.com/pochettes1/velvet-underground.jpg
Andy Warhol- The Velvet Underground and Nico (album art)

Could it also be this?
http://www.redjellyfish.com/images/STREET%20ART%207.jpg
Street art in Mexico

And this?
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mieko/dragon/cg/cg0.jpg
Computer generated fractal art

What about this?
http://www.madprofessor.net/images/completecrumb.jpg
Comic art by Robert Crumb

I reckon it's all of the above.

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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.- Aristotle

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.- Andre Gide

[dreamer]

this thread is awesome ---you guys are posting some amazing stuff ---thank you all -----

[dreamer]

not that the Andy Worhol banana --is the only one worth asking about ---but is there an image inside that banana? ---

[Jennifer_English]

Thanks for the pics everyone.... :O)

Banksy rules..... fantastic artist IMO - nice post...

I'm liking the nudes aswell Quinn.... good deal you got there - next time I need to sell up i'll call you... !

Cant say I've seen Masami Teraoka before Caleigh.. but I like it...

Heres one of my favourites.... An English guy called Julian Beever, amazing stuff !

[Jennifer_English]

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[crayons]

Banksy had a show here in LA where he had an elephant in the room and a bunch of graffiti on the wall. Brad Pitt showed up then proceeded to purchase a lot of the art.

[Jennifer_English]

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View Rescue through an inverted mirror :O)

[yosi]

Jim Warren

[a994]

Ahh, yes. A subject that is near and dear to my heart.

My favorite painters of all-time are the late 19th-early 20th Century California plein-air/Impressionists, such as Hanson Puthuff, Guy Rose, Elmer and Marion Wachtel, Franz Bischoff, Benjamin Brown, Maurice Braun, and Theodore Lukits. Running a close second are contemporary Impressionist/plein air painters like Peter Adams, John Asaro, Michael Godfrey, John Ebersberger, Paula V. Bacinski, Denise Burns, Gregory Hull, and Kevin MacPherson.

Also, I dig some Old Masters like Jan Van Eyck and Rembrandt, and several 20th Century visionaries as Ernst Fuchs, Abdul Mati Klarwein, and Rick Griffin.

I myself am an artist, and my work is closer to the Impressionist/plein air painters' example.

[Quinn]

Great stuff, folks. A favorite artist of mine is Jack Vettriano. Here are a few of his works:

http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/2/0/Jack-Vettriano-The-Billy-Boys--large-size--205034.jpg

http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/9/3/Jack-Vettriano-An-Imperfect-Past-93902.jpg

http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/9/3/Jack-Vettriano-Game-On-93907.jpg

http://monira.blog.excite.it/img/AlongCameASpider,%20vettriano%202.JPG

-Quinn

[Jennifer_English]

Great stuff, folks. A favorite artist of mine is Jack Vettriano. Here are a few of his works:

-Quinn

Oooooo im liking him a lot....especially the last 2 pics...


ps jenn have you been playing with your new decks then??

Indeedy babe :O) Bought a stack load of vinyl yesterday so its hard to leave them alone at present!!!

Nice to see you here btw xxx

[Quinn]

Great stuff, folks. A favorite artist of mine is Jack Vettriano. Here are a few of his works:

-Quinn

Oooooo im liking him a lot....especially the last 2 pics...

A lot of Vettriano's art is sensual in nature. Some more:

http://www.angel-art-house.com/upload/artists/j/jack%20vettriano/jv144%20Round%20Midnight.jpg

http://imagesource.allposters.com/images/ARGCARD/13211.jpg

http://www.portlandgallery.com/medias/itemmain/1446.jpg

http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/9/3/Jack-Vettriano-His-Favourite-Girl-93909.jpg

http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/9/3/Jack-Vettriano-Night-in-the-City-93912.jpg

[Mista Bone]

Im not real big on art but I do like Wyland and Michael Godard.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/mistabone/godard/strikeitrich.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/mistabone/godard/1stntl_chopper.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/mistabone/godard/zenmartini2.jpg

DIRTY MARTINI....my favorite
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t235/babers131/dirtymartini2.jpg

[Jennifer_English]

Banksy had a show here in LA where he had an elephant in the room and a bunch of graffiti on the wall. Brad Pitt showed up then proceeded to purchase a lot of the art.

Did you go ?

Mista Bone - That last pic is great :O)

[General Disarray]

I have a Beksinski print on my wall
and an H.R. Giger Poster

[Mista Bone]

This ones called "Olives Gone Wild".....
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/KjerstenL/Michael%20Godard%20Art/olivesgonewild.jpg

[Jennifer_English]

My favourite Escher pic... It can be a real headf**k to look at !

[LG]

My favourite Escher pic... It can be a real headf**k to look at !

Ah, yes. A genius...

http://www.bibi.org/box/2004/novembro/escher_hands.jpg

http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/M.C.Escher/2/escher-cover.gif

[Jennifer_English]

What impresses me most about M C Escher apart from the actual images is the fact that most of his work is printed from a wooden carving he carved in reverse..!!

[Kabuki]

Here's art from my favorite artist, David Mack. I couldn't find all my favorite pieces from him, but the art here isn't disappointing.

He's actually a comic book artist that help non-traditional artists get recognized in the comic book industry. His work is usually a mix of mediums. He's known for his independent series Kabuki, and now he works all over the industry, and in different markets. Creating art for Tori Amos, and various corporate entities.

[yosi]

My favourite Escher pic...

this is MY favorite 8)