Name That Artist! - Page 10

Hasty Ent · 02-03-2006, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by The Gaffer

Heh! I guess I like 'em because they opened my eyes to how there's always colour. Which "contemporary hijackers" do you mean?

You're up, Lotesse, if I'm not mistaken.

yep, always color, and the quality of light.... important contributions, but I still don't like 'em

"contemporary hijackers" would be those painters whose work you'll find in galleries located in upscale resort areas and the occasional shopping mall... don't want to name names because I don't want to offend anyone who finds their work resonant :shrug:

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Originally Posted by crickhollow

PS I have never come across a more grumpy group of people than the employees at the Chicago Art Institute. But other than them, I loved Chicago. This small-town girl had never been through a revolving door before visiting there. :-)

sorry to hear your visit to AIC was marred by unfriendly employees.... I've never noticed any grumpiness, but then I'm not terribly friendly myself, I guess

still, I'm glad you enjoyed your visit....

a new addition to the city's cultural life is Millenium Park, site of some beautiful outdoor sculpture as well as a garden, an outdoor music pavilion designed by Frank Gehry, and a small theater devoted to dance and music that I frequent once a month or so... like any public work, Millenium Park was plagued with delays and cost overruns, but now that it's been completed, it is much beloved by the city.... I adore Anish Kapoor's "Cloud Gate" colloquially known as 'The Bean' and Jaume Plensa's "Crown Fountain" is wildly popular and loads of fun

link to Millenium Park info: http://www.millenniumpark.org/artandarchitecture/

The Gaffer · 02-03-2006, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hasty Ent

yep, always color, and the quality of light.... important contributions, but I still don't like 'em

"contemporary hijackers" would be those painters whose work you'll find in galleries located in upscale resort areas and the occasional shopping mall... don't want to name names because I don't want to offend anyone who finds their work resonant :shrug:

I think I know the sort of thing you mean. Kinda like big macs or something. Accessible, cheap and chock full of flavour enhancers but ultimately unsatisfying and bad for your heart.

The park looks amazing.

Lotesse · 02-03-2006, 01:13 PM

Contemporary hijackers is a cool term! You mean like corporate "art?" There is a lot of money in the corporate art racket, a LOT. But the idea is the same as total hijacking.

Gaffer, can you give us one? I still need to put my contact lenses in, and I can't really see the computer screen to search for an appropriate work of art... I will in a minute, but in the meantime I'd love to see what else you can give us to guess! Please?

Lotesse · 02-03-2006, 01:28 PM

O.K. never mind; I found a very easy, quick one here. Now, this painting hangs at the Armand Hammer in Westwood, and I have stood in front of this work enveloped and completely inside it, for like half an hour or longer. This reproduction is extremely crappy. In order to really see this work, you'd have to see it in real life. There's a seemingly infinite number of colours, all distinct one from the other, and each brushstroke is so carefully planted. I adore this painter.

The Gaffer · 02-03-2006, 01:52 PM

I've not seen this one before, but it looks like a Van *clears throat* Gogh

Or for lens-free Lotesse, should I say

Van Gogh?

Hasty Ent · 02-03-2006, 02:33 PM

a favorite song by a favorite musician (Jonathan Richman) about a favorite painter

Have you heard about the painter Vincent Van Gogh,
Who loved color and who let it show.
Now in the museum what have we here?
The baddest painter since God's Jon Vermeer.
He loved he loved he loved life so bad,
His paintings had twice the color other paintings had.
So bad so bad that the world had to know,
The man loved color and he let it show.

Well in the Amsterdam museum I was feeling bad,
And trying to find a way not to be that sad.
I felt the feeling in the room sincere,
Vincent Van Gogh well he seemed so near.
And he loved he loved he loved life like he did,
HIs paintings had things that painters keep hid.
He loved life so bad that the world had to know,
He loved color and he let it show.

OK, so what can we say about this Vincent Van Gogh? Ellie.
He loved color and he let it show,
Ok, Michael, now in the museum, what have we here?
The baddest painter since Jon Vermeer.
He loved he loved he loved life with that heart,
His paintings took off where the other paintings just start.
He loved life so bad that the world had to know,
He loved color and he let it show.

Alright.
Have you heard about the painter Vincent Van Gogh?
Who loved color and who let it show.
Now in the museum what have we here?
The baddest painter since God's Jon Vermeer.
He loved he loved he loved life with a passion,
His paintings said things that men generally don't do in that fashion.
He loved life so bad that the world had to know,
The man loved life folks and he let it show.
Vincent Van Gogh, who we talkin' about?
Vincent Van Gogh.

Lotesse · 02-03-2006, 03:01 PM

Oh man, Van Gogh is freakin' amazing. That work is called Hospital at Saint-Remy. It hangs, like I said, at the Armand Hammer as part of their permanent collection.

Now can you give us a new one, Gaffer?

That song, BTW, is the bomb. I wish I could hear it. I'm gonna look that musician up, now, this Jonathan Richman.

The Gaffer · 02-06-2006, 05:25 PM

Great song! I've been to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam a couple of times. Totally amazing. First time I went they had his paintings arranged in chronological order. You can see him getting more off his head as time goes on. Another time they had a special expo on his relationship with Gauguin, who went to work with him and tried to "tame" him, but failed (Hooray!).

Probably the best gallery experience you'll ever have (especially if preceded by a Koffeehuis experience

)

Anyhoo, I know you're champing at the bit, so here's another of my favourite artists (couldn't find a "clean" URL so you'll have to promise not to cheat!):

Lotesse · 02-06-2006, 10:42 PM

Breughel? Pieter Breughel - am I even spelling that right?

***Earniel*** · 02-07-2006, 04:47 AM

Looks like it. Dunno how it's called in English but we call it Dancing Farmers.

Lotesse · 02-08-2006, 12:32 AM

Can I just post one real quick here? Let's see if someone can guess the name of the artist who made this famous photograph. Let's also hope that the entmoot purity police will allow it!

It was published in Rolling Stone magazine, I think.

The last sane person · 02-08-2006, 02:22 AM

Its John and Oh-No! I know that picture, or at least something similar to it...*think think*

The Gaffer · 02-08-2006, 01:42 PM

Could be David Bailey I guess.

Lotesse, you were right about the Breugel. Well done.

Lotesse · 02-08-2006, 02:02 PM

No, not David Bailey. You know, this photograph was taken only hours before Lennon was shot and killed, on December 8 1980. I wish he hadn't died. I love John Lennon so much! No, this photographer is an extremely prolific portraitist, who's still working.

Lotesse · 02-09-2006, 09:19 PM

Here's another portrait, a group portrait, by the same artist. My favourite model here, by far & away, is Naomi Campbell. Anyway that's neither here nor there!

Can anyone guess the artist behind the photos?

Hasty Ent · 02-10-2006, 02:10 PM

looks like no one knows her, Lotesse

Annie Liebovitz, more info here: http://www.houkgallery.com/leibovitz...eibovitz1.html

she's pretty good, although not one of my favorite photographers.....

Lotesse · 02-10-2006, 02:13 PM

Right you are, Hasty Ent! I'm surprised no one got it - that Lennon picture is extremely famous. Ah, well. Do you have something new this morning for us to ponder?

Hasty Ent · 02-10-2006, 03:12 PM

here's another photographer I place in the same arena as Leibovitz: a commercial photographer whose work was so good it is now found in museums

many many extra points to anyone that recognizes the sitter

Lotesse · 02-10-2006, 07:04 PM

That photographer must be Richard Avedon, and it's killing me not being able to name that sitter, because he seems familiar. Is that a German guy?

Hasty Ent · 02-10-2006, 07:08 PM

Not Richard Avedon... here's a clue for you Lotesse: the photographer was English, he died in 1980.

02-03-2006, 01:13 PM	#183
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Contemporary hijackers is a cool term! You mean like corporate "art?" There is a lot of money in the corporate art racket, a LOT. But the idea is the same as total hijacking. Gaffer, can you give us one? I still need to put my contact lenses in, and I can't really see the computer screen to search for an appropriate work of art... I will in a minute, but in the meantime I'd love to see what else you can give us to guess! Please? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-03-2006, 01:28 PM	#184
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	O.K. never mind; I found a very easy, quick one here. Now, this painting hangs at the Armand Hammer in Westwood, and I have stood in front of this work enveloped and completely inside it, for like half an hour or longer. This reproduction is extremely crappy. In order to really see this work, you'd have to see it in real life. There's a seemingly infinite number of colours, all distinct one from the other, and each brushstroke is so carefully planted. I adore this painter. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-03-2006, 03:01 PM	#187
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Oh man, Van Gogh is freakin' amazing. That work is called Hospital at Saint-Remy. It hangs, like I said, at the Armand Hammer as part of their permanent collection. Now can you give us a new one, Gaffer? That song, BTW, is the bomb. I wish I could hear it. I'm gonna look that musician up, now, this Jonathan Richman. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-06-2006, 10:42 PM	#189
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Breughel? Pieter Breughel - am I even spelling that right? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-07-2006, 04:47 AM	#190
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Looks like it. Dunno how it's called in English but we call it Dancing Farmers. __________________ We are not things. Last edited by Earniel : 02-07-2006 at 04:50 AM. Reason: I put the wrong title

02-03-2006, 01:52 PM	#185
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	I've not seen this one before, but it looks like a Van clears throat Gogh Or for lens-free Lotesse, should I say Van Gogh?

02-03-2006, 02:33 PM	#186
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	a favorite song by a favorite musician (Jonathan Richman) about a favorite painter Have you heard about the painter Vincent Van Gogh, Who loved color and who let it show. Now in the museum what have we here? The baddest painter since God's Jon Vermeer. He loved he loved he loved life so bad, His paintings had twice the color other paintings had. So bad so bad that the world had to know, The man loved color and he let it show. Well in the Amsterdam museum I was feeling bad, And trying to find a way not to be that sad. I felt the feeling in the room sincere, Vincent Van Gogh well he seemed so near. And he loved he loved he loved life like he did, HIs paintings had things that painters keep hid. He loved life so bad that the world had to know, He loved color and he let it show. OK, so what can we say about this Vincent Van Gogh? Ellie. He loved color and he let it show, Ok, Michael, now in the museum, what have we here? The baddest painter since Jon Vermeer. He loved he loved he loved life with that heart, His paintings took off where the other paintings just start. He loved life so bad that the world had to know, He loved color and he let it show. Alright. Have you heard about the painter Vincent Van Gogh? Who loved color and who let it show. Now in the museum what have we here? The baddest painter since God's Jon Vermeer. He loved he loved he loved life with a passion, His paintings said things that men generally don't do in that fashion. He loved life so bad that the world had to know, The man loved life folks and he let it show. Vincent Van Gogh, who we talkin' about? Vincent Van Gogh.

02-06-2006, 05:25 PM	#188
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Great song! I've been to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam a couple of times. Totally amazing. First time I went they had his paintings arranged in chronological order. You can see him getting more off his head as time goes on. Another time they had a special expo on his relationship with Gauguin, who went to work with him and tried to "tame" him, but failed (Hooray!). Probably the best gallery experience you'll ever have (especially if preceded by a Koffeehuis experience ) Anyhoo, I know you're champing at the bit, so here's another of my favourite artists (couldn't find a "clean" URL so you'll have to promise not to cheat!):

02-08-2006, 12:32 AM	#191
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Can I just post one real quick here? Let's see if someone can guess the name of the artist who made this famous photograph. Let's also hope that the entmoot purity police will allow it! It was published in Rolling Stone magazine, I think. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-08-2006, 02:22 AM	#192
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Its John and Oh-No! I know that picture, or at least something similar to it...think think __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

02-08-2006, 01:42 PM	#193
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Could be David Bailey I guess. Lotesse, you were right about the Breugel. Well done.

02-08-2006, 02:02 PM	#194
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	No, not David Bailey. You know, this photograph was taken only hours before Lennon was shot and killed, on December 8 1980. I wish he hadn't died. I love John Lennon so much! No, this photographer is an extremely prolific portraitist, who's still working. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-09-2006, 09:19 PM	#195
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Here's another portrait, a group portrait, by the same artist. My favourite model here, by far & away, is Naomi Campbell. Anyway that's neither here nor there! Can anyone guess the artist behind the photos? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-10-2006, 02:10 PM	#196
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	looks like no one knows her, Lotesse Annie Liebovitz, more info here: http://www.houkgallery.com/leibovitz...eibovitz1.html she's pretty good, although not one of my favorite photographers..... __________________ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Last edited by Hasty Ent : 02-10-2006 at 02:11 PM.

02-10-2006, 02:13 PM	#197
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Right you are, Hasty Ent! I'm surprised no one got it - that Lennon picture is extremely famous. Ah, well. Do you have something new this morning for us to ponder? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-10-2006, 03:12 PM	#198
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	here's another photographer I place in the same arena as Leibovitz: a commercial photographer whose work was so good it is now found in museums many many extra points to anyone that recognizes the sitter __________________ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Last edited by Hasty Ent : 02-10-2006 at 03:14 PM.

02-10-2006, 07:04 PM	#199
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	That photographer must be Richard Avedon, and it's killing me not being able to name that sitter, because he seems familiar. Is that a German guy? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

02-10-2006, 07:08 PM	#200
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	Not Richard Avedon... here's a clue for you Lotesse: the photographer was English, he died in 1980. __________________ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

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