the visual art prefrances

[vic vic]

since michaela nixdrof posted a thead about musical preferances here, i would go with a new thread about visaul art prefrances. again - intresting what is the range here among leica users or, is there anythiong common to be found.
please - no photography artists here - this is a nice idea for new supperate thread.

ah - i will also begin with my own prefrances:

ok, in short - egon scheile is my favorite painter and alberto giacometi is my fave sculptor.
i also love very much gustavv klimt, picasso and courbet.
ah, another fave painter for me is brrent newman (a new yourk minimalist and intelectualist painter of 50/60...)

[gareth_c]

Where to start? My Degree is in Fine Art Sculpture and my mind changed frequently.

However Giacometti is my most loved sculptor, unbeatable in every way and a real influence on my time studying.

Others? Matisse (simply indredible), Picasso (likewise). Then there are perhaps the less important (to me) but almost equally favoured artists: Bacon, Deacon, Boltanski, Solano, Rothko, the list goes on and on.

Special mention too to two great comic artists: Clowes and Ware who are both important to me as they have advanced 'comic' books and have a real influence on my own professional work.

[vic vic]

ya, i know what u mean gareth - we change our taste - develop, our mood etc. not an eassy question to answer :-)))

what do u do???

[derek_stanton]

John Singer Sargent (especially "The Children of Edward Darley Boit").
Picasso (especially portraits of Dora Mar, and "Une Femme Assisse/Jacqueline")
Amadeo Modigliani - just about anything.
I love the renaissance guys, but find them more impressive in-person. I was blown-away by a visit to the Pitti Palace in Florence. Floor-to-ceiling with masterpieces.
Van Gogh, having completed a college semester of study on his life and career.
I used to like Miro while in college (20 years ago!), but not so much now....
More modern - Jasper Johns.

[jmr]

I used to like Mark Rothko's work, until I spent an hour and a half sitting in the Four Seasons Room at The Tate. Since then I've loved it.

[Findus]

Modiglianni I have liked thorughout my life (my family actually owns 3 Modi's), Brancussi is interesting... I like Hopper to (the edward one).
One of my all time favorites though in terms of "art" is Albrecht Dürer

[michael_boylan]

Thomas Heatherwick

www.thomasheatherwick.com

[albertwang]

I love contemporary art.

I think that Picasso is overrated... but my favorite all time artist gotta be:

GERHARD RICHTER!!! (especially his October 1977 series) (seriously if you love Leica you gotta like postmodern german art like baselitz, polke, and other **** like that)

[albertwang]

by the way, that is Barnett Newman in the first post...

[gareth_c]

Albert, agreed on Richter but not on Picasso! One mans art and all that!

Vic, you aksed me what I do, tricky question...Basically I am an illustrator/designer except that I specialise in working with companies and run a series of processes within an engagement to ensure that they are fully involved and 'own' whatever i produce for them...not sure if that makes sense but I can point you to our website as soon as it is complete.

[stunsworth]

Picasso overated??? Apart from being a master of sculpture, drawing, painting and ceramics he didn't have much going for him in the art world :-)

Was there anyone since the renaissance that was so good at so many different genres? I'm no art historian, so let me know :-)

[vic vic]

ya, i think i clearly understand what u do gareth - im in those kind of busneses as well :-) i mean im photographer and also work on more managerial fields of it.
ya, i would be intrested to see the web when done.

about richter - ya sure, i love. and so i love many copnteproray artists of course, but then the list would be too long:-))

about picasso... well - it is difficlut question. of course there are periuds of picasso that u like more and those u like less. there are things that u may not like at all - and that is ok. but at the bototn line - i think he was great, and most important - many of his works are breathtaking and among the most inspiring.

[oculus_ny]

Hudson River School. I collect them, used to be on the board of Olana (F.E. Church's estate) and still buy everything there is to read about the "school."

I'm eager to go over to Hartford, where the Wadsworth Atheneum collection has come home from tour, plus some great photography (historical and contemporary) are all back on exhibition.

Wadsworth Atheneum

Cheers,
Ray Hull

[prince_alfie]

Yes, Picasso was pretty good but not everything is to my taste. Seriously, I prefer Lichtenstein over him. In fact, I really think that Lichtenstein's quotations of Picasso are more interesting.

I think that as much as Picasso was prolific, a lot of it was legend to be interesting. I think that we can create our own gods. And I just prefer Gerhard Richter over him all the time. Who else can create a masterpiece out of a recent political tragedy in Germany. And being a Leica guy, German politics and events are important to me.

I won't claim to be objective and I know what I like. For example, Baselitz is awesome. Wooden sculptures of visceral feel to them. Just sweet and lovely for sure. Of course, Anselm Kiefer is beautiful with his monuments. Picasso painted a lot of variations on the same stuff: bulls, chicks/erotica, portraits of his buddies, Guerinica, classical art, and still lives. Richter did more: still lifes, toilet paper, landscapes, cityscapes, political art, portraits, erotic nudes, buildlngs, architectures, and purely abstract paintings. Picasso couldn't touch Richter on those radiant abstracts. I'm sorry. Plus Richter is much more photographic, seriously. It's like pure bokeh of genius. Deconstruction is cool but Richter did it more profoundly. Like looking the world at f/1 all the time!

[prince_alfie]

Yes, Picasso was pretty good but not everything is to my taste. Seriously, I prefer Lichtenstein over him. In fact, I really think that Lichtenstein's quotations of Picasso are more interesting.

I think that as much as Picasso was prolific, a lot of it was legend to be interesting. I think that we can create our own gods. And I just prefer Gerhard Richter over him all the time. Who else can create a masterpiece out of a recent political tragedy in Germany. And being a Leica guy, German politics and events are important to me.

I won't claim to be objective and I know what I like. For example, Baselitz is awesome. Wooden sculptures of visceral feel to them. Just sweet and lovely for sure. Of course, Anselm Kiefer is beautiful with his monuments. Picasso painted a lot of variations on the same stuff: bulls, chicks/erotica, portraits of his buddies, Guerinica, classical art, and still lives. Richter did more: still lifes, toilet paper, landscapes, cityscapes, political art, portraits, erotic nudes, buildlngs, architectures, and purely abstract paintings. Picasso couldn't touch Richter on those radiant abstracts. I'm sorry. Plus Richter is much more photographic, seriously. It's like pure bokeh of genius. Deconstruction is cool but Richter did it more profoundly. Like looking the world at f/1 all the time!

[johnnyj]

Andrew Wyeth
Studying his art changed the way I take photographs.

[gareth_c]

Hmm, Richter is a great artist but I can't for a minute see him in the same class as Picasso. Ther former will be a mere footnote in art history while the other will be a very large chapter. And there seems little chance that Richter would exist without Picasso (and others).

[vic vic]

albert, first of all, ya, maybe i should have mentioned richter in my list. i do love him very much, really love his works and the intensity, as well as style etc.
but we should remember, that picasso is a milstone in art - icon on its own, and that is important, and even if we dont realy like (or not attached) to some parts of picasso, we should apreciate him very much.

and about loving richter,
no, it is not because im photograph who works usualy with selective focus with fast lenses, (although i dont have noctilux with f1:-)) ), it is because i love the way richter goes so deep under your skin (emotionally) when u see his works. looking at his works, u really sense the emotionality and the mentality of the artists. it is about the same feeling invokes in me as with schiele's works. so i think i can say, that probably, im more "attached" to richter in general than to picasso. but picasso is one of the most important points in the dealectics of visual art, that also should be said.

[stunsworth]

Originally Posted by prince_alfie

Picasso painted a lot of variations on the same stuff: bulls, chicks/erotica, portraits of his buddies

A bit like saying Giotto only did frescos ;-)

(I know he did other stuff as well, but its the frescos that he's remembered for. If anyone ever gets a chance to go to Padua, run to the chapel he did there, exquisite!)

[albertwang]

Add Andrei Tarkovsky to the list. Every shot is his is priceless from Andrei Rublev to his final work.