BONGO
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by BONGO on Sept 27, 2007 22:30:20 GMT 1, Once again a single 'favourite', for me, is impossible to decide- there's too many great pieces throughout history. The one that popped in my head when I saw this post, though, was Dali's Autumnal Cannibalism- I've always loved Dali. My art tutor at Uni told me I'd grow out of it one day, but I still think his work is mesmerizing. I especially love the meaning behind this piece, the destruction of war and relationships, and I feel it's still as relevant today as it was then. My art tutor was a t**t though- he also refused to recognise graffiti as an art form (it featured heavily in my own work) and, therefore, we never really saw eye to eye! BTW, I love your choice Dupree. Beautiful, simply beautiful.
BONGO UNDERSTAND FASCINATION WITH DALI WORK
BONGO STILL UNSURE WHETHER DALI WAS ABSURD SURREAL GENUIS OR ASTUTE BRAND MANAGER WITH EYE FOR NICHE MARKET.
BONGO STILL FIND SOME DALI LIKE OBSCURE BAD DREAM
DALI WITHOUT QUESTION RECOGNISABLE AND DISTINCT LIKE DUCHAMP
Once again a single 'favourite', for me, is impossible to decide- there's too many great pieces throughout history. The one that popped in my head when I saw this post, though, was Dali's Autumnal Cannibalism- I've always loved Dali. My art tutor at Uni told me I'd grow out of it one day, but I still think his work is mesmerizing. I especially love the meaning behind this piece, the destruction of war and relationships, and I feel it's still as relevant today as it was then. My art tutor was a t**t though- he also refused to recognise graffiti as an art form (it featured heavily in my own work) and, therefore, we never really saw eye to eye! BTW, I love your choice Dupree. Beautiful, simply beautiful. BONGO UNDERSTAND FASCINATION WITH DALI WORK BONGO STILL UNSURE WHETHER DALI WAS ABSURD SURREAL GENUIS OR ASTUTE BRAND MANAGER WITH EYE FOR NICHE MARKET. BONGO STILL FIND SOME DALI LIKE OBSCURE BAD DREAM DALI WITHOUT QUESTION RECOGNISABLE AND DISTINCT LIKE DUCHAMP
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by a4mnt on Sept 27, 2007 22:42:55 GMT 1, BONGO BREAKING A MINUTES SILENCE.
BONGO BREAKING A MINUTES SILENCE.
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stuey09
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by stuey09 on Sept 27, 2007 22:44:32 GMT 1, Cracka, I'm mezmerised by that avatar. It's fantastic.
Cracka, I'm mezmerised by that avatar. It's fantastic.
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by numusic on Sept 27, 2007 23:03:51 GMT 1, Duchamp's "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even"
Pornography of the mind
Duchamp's "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even" Pornography of the mind
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by a4mnt on Sept 27, 2007 23:31:37 GMT 1, Cracka, I'm mezmerised by that avatar. It's fantastic.
Cracka, I'm mezmerised by that avatar. It's fantastic.
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by Coach on Sept 27, 2007 23:34:12 GMT 1, hey bongo, favorite piece of all time .. this is fun when i'm feeling happy, its marc chagall - "the birthday". because noone painted being in love better. floating lovers - doesnt get better than that. when i'm in a strop - Bosch - "the garden of earthly delights". because its got it all, sureal, frightening, funny, odd, etc. can spend an age looking at it. great thread, thanks. ps sorry they are not street, but i like lots. ;D coach
hey bongo, favorite piece of all time .. this is fun when i'm feeling happy, its marc chagall - "the birthday". because noone painted being in love better. floating lovers - doesnt get better than that. when i'm in a strop - Bosch - "the garden of earthly delights". because its got it all, sureal, frightening, funny, odd, etc. can spend an age looking at it. great thread, thanks. ps sorry they are not street, but i like lots. ;D coach
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pezlow
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by pezlow on Sept 28, 2007 6:49:49 GMT 1, It has to be Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist by Caravaggio. Caravaggio's use of light in his paintings is incredible. Even after 400 years they still are so sharp. And sinister. Go and see it again at the National Gallery!
Also if you are ever in Valetta, Malta go and see the beheading of St John the Baptist by Caravaggio as well. Breathtaking.
It has to be Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist by Caravaggio. Caravaggio's use of light in his paintings is incredible. Even after 400 years they still are so sharp. And sinister. Go and see it again at the National Gallery! Also if you are ever in Valetta, Malta go and see the beheading of St John the Baptist by Caravaggio as well. Breathtaking.
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funster
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by funster on Sept 28, 2007 7:00:09 GMT 1, Pezlow's got a great point there... go to the National Gallery! Its just across from where I work when I'm in London and to have access to such great art for free is the only time I think I'm getting anything for my taxes
Pezlow's got a great point there... go to the National Gallery! Its just across from where I work when I'm in London and to have access to such great art for free is the only time I think I'm getting anything for my taxes
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Martin Whatson
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by Martin Whatson on Sept 28, 2007 10:23:19 GMT 1, Whatson can't decide on favorite piece. Whatson thinks it to many nice ones out there.
Whatson have good time when he reads BONGO's posts. Whatson likes this thread too.
Whatson can't decide on favorite piece. Whatson thinks it to many nice ones out there.
Whatson have good time when he reads BONGO's posts. Whatson likes this thread too.
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BONGO
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by BONGO on Sept 28, 2007 10:30:18 GMT 1, hey bongo, favorite piece of all time .. this is fun when i'm feeling happy, its marc chagall - "the birthday". because noone painted being in love better. floating lovers - doesnt get better than that. when i'm in a strop - Bosch - "the garden of earthly delights". because its got it all, sureal, frightening, funny, odd, etc. can spend an age looking at it. great thread, thanks. ps sorry they are not street, but i like lots. ;D coach
BONGO ONLY WANTS INFORMATION FAVORITE PIECE - IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS STREET.
hey bongo, favorite piece of all time .. this is fun when i'm feeling happy, its marc chagall - "the birthday". because noone painted being in love better. floating lovers - doesnt get better than that. when i'm in a strop - Bosch - "the garden of earthly delights". because its got it all, sureal, frightening, funny, odd, etc. can spend an age looking at it. great thread, thanks. ps sorry they are not street, but i like lots. ;D coach BONGO ONLY WANTS INFORMATION FAVORITE PIECE - IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS STREET.
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by saltandiron on Sept 28, 2007 10:38:57 GMT 1, Rothko's seagram murals
There's something about them that clears my head and leaves me refreshed. I don't really think I can put into words what exactly it is about them that I find so beautiful, they just are.
Rothko's seagram murals
There's something about them that clears my head and leaves me refreshed. I don't really think I can put into words what exactly it is about them that I find so beautiful, they just are.
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by carlito on Sept 28, 2007 11:11:05 GMT 1,
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by GD303uk on Sept 28, 2007 11:26:15 GMT 1, Rothko is for me one of the greatest artists and his Seagram project is my favourate pieces of work
he was pissed off with the way his pictures where to be placed in a top class restaurant ( four seasons) @ the top of the Seagram buildings , he didnโt like the excessive wealth and opulence and exclusivity of the whole thing, people eating of gold plated cutlery etc, Rothko described the room in that very expensive restaurant in the Seagram Building as "a place where the richest bastards in New York will come to feed and show off". Rothko was intense, solitary, leftwing, used to poverty and failure. Born into a Jewish family in Dvinsk, Russia, in 1903, Rothko - his given name was Marcus Rothkowitz - emigrated with his family to the United States when he was 10. He grew up a poor outsider in Portland, Oregon, but was academically brilliant enough to get into Yale in 1921 - which he hated. In 1923 he headed for New York City, to "wander around, bum about, starve a bit". His New York was a city of deli lunch counters, subway stations, art classrooms, visits to the Metropolitan Museum. And now, after a lifetime spent mainly as an unknown, unsuccessful would-be great artist, Mark Rothko was offered $35,000 to decorate a symbol of the wealth of Manhattan's elite at the height of the cold war.
he initially thought his paintings would be viewed from the works canteen. when he discovered where they where for he used is art like a terrorist, he and hated the people who had made him rich by buying and selling his art. he made a made a contract with the series of pictures about them never being sold and always staying together, even shown in a certain way, Mark Rothko was found on the morning of February 25 1970, lying dead in a wine-dark sea of his own blood. He had cut very deep into his arms at the elbow, and the pool emanating from him on the floor of his studio measured 8ft x 6ft. That is, it was on the scale of his paintings. It was, to borrow the art critical language of the time, a colour field.
i cant put into words what his art did for me but it changed for ever the way i viewed art, i seen them in the 80's @ the Tate Liverpool high as a kite, i was a young scallywag with pretensions of being a hippy and only went to the Tate for the Dali, Rothko blew everything away, one the most amazing experiences i have ever had was standing in the rooms with these huge canvass.
sorry if this was long and rambling i did cut and past a lot of it because my words cant keep up with my head and i end up even more fragmented and confusing,
Rothko is for me one of the greatest artists and his Seagram project is my favourate pieces of work he was pissed off with the way his pictures where to be placed in a top class restaurant ( four seasons) @ the top of the Seagram buildings , he didnโt like the excessive wealth and opulence and exclusivity of the whole thing, people eating of gold plated cutlery etc, Rothko described the room in that very expensive restaurant in the Seagram Building as "a place where the richest bastards in New York will come to feed and show off". Rothko was intense, solitary, leftwing, used to poverty and failure. Born into a Jewish family in Dvinsk, Russia, in 1903, Rothko - his given name was Marcus Rothkowitz - emigrated with his family to the United States when he was 10. He grew up a poor outsider in Portland, Oregon, but was academically brilliant enough to get into Yale in 1921 - which he hated. In 1923 he headed for New York City, to "wander around, bum about, starve a bit". His New York was a city of deli lunch counters, subway stations, art classrooms, visits to the Metropolitan Museum. And now, after a lifetime spent mainly as an unknown, unsuccessful would-be great artist, Mark Rothko was offered $35,000 to decorate a symbol of the wealth of Manhattan's elite at the height of the cold war. he initially thought his paintings would be viewed from the works canteen. when he discovered where they where for he used is art like a terrorist, he and hated the people who had made him rich by buying and selling his art. he made a made a contract with the series of pictures about them never being sold and always staying together, even shown in a certain way, Mark Rothko was found on the morning of February 25 1970, lying dead in a wine-dark sea of his own blood. He had cut very deep into his arms at the elbow, and the pool emanating from him on the floor of his studio measured 8ft x 6ft. That is, it was on the scale of his paintings. It was, to borrow the art critical language of the time, a colour field. i cant put into words what his art did for me but it changed for ever the way i viewed art, i seen them in the 80's @ the Tate Liverpool high as a kite, i was a young scallywag with pretensions of being a hippy and only went to the Tate for the Dali, Rothko blew everything away, one the most amazing experiences i have ever had was standing in the rooms with these huge canvass. sorry if this was long and rambling i did cut and past a lot of it because my words cant keep up with my head and i end up even more fragmented and confusing,
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by carlito on Sept 28, 2007 11:29:15 GMT 1, "a place where the richest bastards in New York will come to feed and show off".
sounds like this place ;D
"a place where the richest bastards in New York will come to feed and show off". sounds like this place ;D
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curiousgeorge
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by curiousgeorge on Sept 28, 2007 11:52:52 GMT 1,
Many years ago, i used to go and visit my mothers friends. He was a great man, who was happy to own a small holding and grow 'interesting plants' in the greenhouses.
Often i would be aware of a strange smell in the house of an evening As the evening would progress i would spend my time going up and down the stairs looking at the all the Dali stuff ;D
He was even building his own boat, which to an 9 year old looked just like the Ark! We used to play chess into the small hours and often i would win ;D I now put this down to him being spannered on his 'produce'
Swans & elephants what a juxtaposition more so for a 9 year old mind to contemplate
Years later he got an aggressive form of cancer and his sadly no longer with us, before he went he gifted me the above, to this day it is my favourite work of art as it represents many, many things to me
R.I.P Chris gone but NEVER forgotten
Many years ago, i used to go and visit my mothers friends. He was a great man, who was happy to own a small holding and grow 'interesting plants' in the greenhouses. Often i would be aware of a strange smell in the house of an evening As the evening would progress i would spend my time going up and down the stairs looking at the all the Dali stuff ;D He was even building his own boat, which to an 9 year old looked just like the Ark! We used to play chess into the small hours and often i would win ;D I now put this down to him being spannered on his 'produce' Swans & elephants what a juxtaposition more so for a 9 year old mind to contemplate Years later he got an aggressive form of cancer and his sadly no longer with us, before he went he gifted me the above, to this day it is my favourite work of art as it represents many, many things to me R.I.P Chris gone but NEVER forgotten
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by wezzley on Sept 28, 2007 12:07:47 GMT 1, good shout on the rothko,
the air in that room in the tate is soooo dense with mood & atmoshphere that for me its like walking through mud..
good shout on the rothko,
the air in that room in the tate is soooo dense with mood & atmoshphere that for me its like walking through mud..
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by wezzley on Sept 28, 2007 12:08:42 GMT 1, i didnt realise how small the orig of that dali is until i saw it recently
i didnt realise how small the orig of that dali is until i saw it recently
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by corblimeylimey on Sept 28, 2007 12:26:01 GMT 1, Many years ago, i used to go and visit my mothers friends. He was a great man, who was happy to own a small holding and grow 'interesting plants' in the greenhouses. Often i would be aware of a strange smell in the house of an evening As the evening would progress i would spend my time going up and down the stairs looking at the all the Dali stuff ;D He was even building his own boat, which to an 9 year old looked just like the Ark! We used to play chess into the small hours and often i would win ;D I now put this down to him being spannered on his 'produce' Swans & elephants what a juxtaposition more so for a 9 year old mind to contemplate Years later he got an aggressive form of cancer and his sadly no longer with us, before he went he gifted me the above, to this day it is my favourite work of art as it represents many, many things to me R.I.P Chris gone but NEVER forgotten
I had a poster of that painting in my bedroom when I was young, I also had a poster of what I think was a Margritte I can't find a pic of it on the web but it was a surreal room with black & white chess patern floor that had a train coming out of the fireplace.
Many years ago, i used to go and visit my mothers friends. He was a great man, who was happy to own a small holding and grow 'interesting plants' in the greenhouses. Often i would be aware of a strange smell in the house of an evening As the evening would progress i would spend my time going up and down the stairs looking at the all the Dali stuff ;D He was even building his own boat, which to an 9 year old looked just like the Ark! We used to play chess into the small hours and often i would win ;D I now put this down to him being spannered on his 'produce' Swans & elephants what a juxtaposition more so for a 9 year old mind to contemplate Years later he got an aggressive form of cancer and his sadly no longer with us, before he went he gifted me the above, to this day it is my favourite work of art as it represents many, many things to me R.I.P Chris gone but NEVER forgotten I had a poster of that painting in my bedroom when I was young, I also had a poster of what I think was a Margritte I can't find a pic of it on the web but it was a surreal room with black & white chess patern floor that had a train coming out of the fireplace.
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Gentle Mental
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by Gentle Mental on Sept 28, 2007 13:17:35 GMT 1, for the longest time, art was so dull, so predictable, that it felt like we were devolving (?), going back in time... worshiping craft and techniques (nothing wrong there but...it was soooo boring)... i feel this changed everything. It shook the world, and gave the art scene a good kick in the a*se.
for the longest time, art was so dull, so predictable, that it felt like we were devolving (?), going back in time... worshiping craft and techniques (nothing wrong there but...it was soooo boring)... i feel this changed everything. It shook the world, and gave the art scene a good kick in the a*se.
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themightyreds
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by themightyreds on Sept 28, 2007 14:50:37 GMT 1, That shark is awesome up close... shame its not there to see any more.
That shark is awesome up close... shame its not there to see any more.
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saltandiron
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by saltandiron on Sept 28, 2007 14:52:26 GMT 1, That shark is awesome up close... shame its not there to see any more.
I didn't think much of it until I was actually in the same room, and then it just blew me away.
That shark is awesome up close... shame its not there to see any more. I didn't think much of it until I was actually in the same room, and then it just blew me away.
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by qwertystar on Sept 28, 2007 23:02:29 GMT 1, Richard Wilson's 20:50 that was (is?) at the Saatchi Gallery. Blew my mind when I saw/experienced it. Hard to explain but it's engine oil on a plinth reflecting the ceiling...
I love my Neate orginal though too as the aesthetic is different.
Richard Wilson's 20:50 that was (is?) at the Saatchi Gallery. Blew my mind when I saw/experienced it. Hard to explain but it's engine oil on a plinth reflecting the ceiling...
I love my Neate orginal though too as the aesthetic is different.
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Martin Whatson
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by Martin Whatson on Sept 29, 2007 8:04:36 GMT 1, I think this has to be one of my favorites. It's called 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch. One of the things that does it for me is tha Munch did not du art just for the sake of art, but as a rehabilitation for his mental disorders.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5303200.stm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by goffy on Sept 29, 2007 8:21:41 GMT 1, If there is one artist I hate as much as Damien Hirst it's Rothko. How anyone can think that the Seagram murals are any good is beyond reason. Do you know what it's like when you first see the Mona Lisa and think 'is that it' Well with Rothko it is 'what the fu ck is this sh it. This is absolute bollox! This is the worse thing I have ever seen in a gallery pretending to be art. The restaurant was lucky not to have this crap on the walls. They would be better off with laminated pictures of the dishes they serve than this uninspired, self-indulgent, waste of space!' I just don't like them.
If there is one artist I hate as much as Damien Hirst it's Rothko. How anyone can think that the Seagram murals are any good is beyond reason. Do you know what it's like when you first see the Mona Lisa and think 'is that it' Well with Rothko it is 'what the fu ck is this sh it. This is absolute bollox! This is the worse thing I have ever seen in a gallery pretending to be art. The restaurant was lucky not to have this crap on the walls. They would be better off with laminated pictures of the dishes they serve than this uninspired, self-indulgent, waste of space!' I just don't like them.
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by goffy on Sept 29, 2007 8:30:03 GMT 1, And after reading that little biog on him I hate him even more. What a load of fuc king nonsense about hating the people who bought his paintings and made him rich. What a complete wanker. And I find it hilarious that the blood stain which he left after cutting an artery in his arm, probably because he was too rich and famous, is the same size as his painting. Should have put that on the fooking wall. As I said, I just don't like him. Kunt.
And after reading that little biog on him I hate him even more. What a load of fuc king nonsense about hating the people who bought his paintings and made him rich. What a complete wanker. And I find it hilarious that the blood stain which he left after cutting an artery in his arm, probably because he was too rich and famous, is the same size as his painting. Should have put that on the fooking wall. As I said, I just don't like him. Kunt.
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by stuey09 on Sept 29, 2007 11:10:25 GMT 1, And after reading that little biog on him I hate him even more. What a load of fuc king nonsense about hating the people who bought his paintings and made him rich. What a complete wanker. And I find it hilarious that the blood stain which he left after cutting an artery in his arm, probably because he was too rich and famous, is the same size as his painting. Should have put that on the fooking wall. As I said, I just don't like him. Kunt.
Not a big fan then Goffy' I don't think the small reproduction posters that some people have on their walls works, but then as you know the concept of the collection was never meant to be on a small scale, nor was it intended to consist of a single picture. But I do like his original notion of using these huge imposing pictures of nauseous colours to create a mood of oppression, designed to intimidate the diners of a decadent restaurant. Isn't this concept of taking the piss out of his fans a bit similar to another, modern day, artist who produced a picture stating his disbelief that people bought his work
And after reading that little biog on him I hate him even more. What a load of fuc king nonsense about hating the people who bought his paintings and made him rich. What a complete wanker. And I find it hilarious that the blood stain which he left after cutting an artery in his arm, probably because he was too rich and famous, is the same size as his painting. Should have put that on the fooking wall. As I said, I just don't like him. Kunt. Not a big fan then Goffy' I don't think the small reproduction posters that some people have on their walls works, but then as you know the concept of the collection was never meant to be on a small scale, nor was it intended to consist of a single picture. But I do like his original notion of using these huge imposing pictures of nauseous colours to create a mood of oppression, designed to intimidate the diners of a decadent restaurant. Isn't this concept of taking the piss out of his fans a bit similar to another, modern day, artist who produced a picture stating his disbelief that people bought his work
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by Deleted on Sept 29, 2007 12:09:06 GMT 1, I've been reading into Mark Rothko quite a bit and have come to the conclusion that the man is a genius. This is probably my favorite painting ever:
Just by seeing it on a computer screen, it fills me with peace and tranquility. Has anybody seen a Rothko in person???
EDIT: Just realised someone else mentioned Rothko (above) Glad to know I'm not the only one. I thought I may have got slated as this is a street art forum! ;D
I've been reading into Mark Rothko quite a bit and have come to the conclusion that the man is a genius. This is probably my favorite painting ever: Just by seeing it on a computer screen, it fills me with peace and tranquility. Has anybody seen a Rothko in person??? EDIT: Just realised someone else mentioned Rothko (above) Glad to know I'm not the only one. I thought I may have got slated as this is a street art forum! ;D
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by numusic on Sept 29, 2007 12:23:41 GMT 1, seen many, and yep, I'd agree.. the man had a unique talent. I see his work as the secular version of the hundreds of thousands of religious paintings we're constantly assaild with. Incredibly human but without the baggage that religion brings to art.
He also came out with the best expanaination i've ever heard for abract work and it really opened things up for me.
"The role of the artist, of course, has always been that of image-maker. Different times require different images. Today when our aspirations have been reduced to a desperate attempt to escape from evil, and times are out of joint, our obsessive, subterranean and pictographic images are the expression of the neurosis which is our reality. To my mind certain so-called abstraction is not abstraction at all. On the contrary, it is the realism of our time. "
seen many, and yep, I'd agree.. the man had a unique talent. I see his work as the secular version of the hundreds of thousands of religious paintings we're constantly assaild with. Incredibly human but without the baggage that religion brings to art.
He also came out with the best expanaination i've ever heard for abract work and it really opened things up for me.
"The role of the artist, of course, has always been that of image-maker. Different times require different images. Today when our aspirations have been reduced to a desperate attempt to escape from evil, and times are out of joint, our obsessive, subterranean and pictographic images are the expression of the neurosis which is our reality. To my mind certain so-called abstraction is not abstraction at all. On the contrary, it is the realism of our time. "
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by Andy'77 on Sept 29, 2007 12:26:30 GMT 1, Roy Lichtenstein - Wham!
First work of art I saw that I truely loved. Did art to A-level but never really got into any of artists we studied with the exception of Cezanne and Lichtenstein. I remember being gutted going to the Tate with school and looking forward to seeing Wham! in person but it wasn't on display. Finally only got to see it this year after it not being on display everytime I've been to tate modern in the years between.
Roy Lichtenstein - Wham! First work of art I saw that I truely loved. Did art to A-level but never really got into any of artists we studied with the exception of Cezanne and Lichtenstein. I remember being gutted going to the Tate with school and looking forward to seeing Wham! in person but it wasn't on display. Finally only got to see it this year after it not being on display everytime I've been to tate modern in the years between.
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TELL BONGO YOUR FAVORITE PIECE AND WHY, by Deleted on Sept 29, 2007 12:54:13 GMT 1, If there is one artist I hate as much as Damien Hirst it's Rothko. How anyone can think that the Seagram murals are any good is beyond reason. Do you know what it's like when you first see the Mona Lisa and think 'is that it' Well with Rothko it is 'what the fu ck is this sh it. This is absolute bollox! This is the worse thing I have ever seen in a gallery pretending to be art. The restaurant was lucky not to have this crap on the walls. They would be better off with laminated pictures of the dishes they serve than this uninspired, self-indulgent, waste of space!' I just don't like them.
The bloke didn't just one day wake up and decide to paint blocks of colour just to be 'out there' like some of todays artists. His later paintings are a result of an evolution. He started off by painting some pretty normal abstract stuff. Then he started to learn that he could express the same emotions by using less and less detail finally arriving at just a few blocks of colour.
I think they speak for themselves when so many people just see something in them that spark a strong emotion. People have broken down in tears in front of his work.
If anyobdy ever painted blocks of colour like that it wouldn't be the same. What he did was incredibly original.
This has nothing whatsoever with being pretentious. It's art at it's very best IMO.
If there is one artist I hate as much as Damien Hirst it's Rothko. How anyone can think that the Seagram murals are any good is beyond reason. Do you know what it's like when you first see the Mona Lisa and think 'is that it' Well with Rothko it is 'what the fu ck is this sh it. This is absolute bollox! This is the worse thing I have ever seen in a gallery pretending to be art. The restaurant was lucky not to have this crap on the walls. They would be better off with laminated pictures of the dishes they serve than this uninspired, self-indulgent, waste of space!' I just don't like them. The bloke didn't just one day wake up and decide to paint blocks of colour just to be 'out there' like some of todays artists. His later paintings are a result of an evolution. He started off by painting some pretty normal abstract stuff. Then he started to learn that he could express the same emotions by using less and less detail finally arriving at just a few blocks of colour. I think they speak for themselves when so many people just see something in them that spark a strong emotion. People have broken down in tears in front of his work. If anyobdy ever painted blocks of colour like that it wouldn't be the same. What he did was incredibly original. This has nothing whatsoever with being pretentious. It's art at it's very best IMO.
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