The Fine Art Appreciation Thread

[VEGANGELICA]

Originally Posted by ribbons

This is Blackfield, an installation by artist Zadok Ben-David featuring thousands of finely crafted painted metal sculpted flowers based on Victorian textbook illustrations, with the flowers planted in sand. Upon entry to the exhibit, the flowers are black but as viewers travel to the opposite side they are seen as a field of color.

That's such an interesting idea behind Blackfield, Liz! I can imagine how fun it would be to walk through such an exhibit.

Now I am reminded of how many years have passed since I've been in an art museum. :/ Given that I minored in studio arts, it seems like an especially long time.

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

I'm going to breeze past that and post some of Liz Wolfe's work. Moving away from portraiture, I like Liz Wolfe for her childish images and dark humour.







LIZ WOLFE

^ Pedestrian, I really like these thought-provoking and troubling/amusing photos by Liz Wolfe, especially the flowers with the feet of (I assume) dead chickens (that's one of the troubling ones, to me).

The bleeding popsicle torture photo made me smile due to its juxtaposition of lovely lavender floral wallpaper and the splotch of messy "blood." Her pairing of life with death, and cloying sweetness with cruelty, appeals to me because it feels so realistic while appearing fantastical.

[Paedantic Basterd]

Andre Ethier

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ARTISTS - André Ethier

[Chiomara]

Some favorites in no particular order:

Manuel Bujados-

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Suad al-Attar, Garden of Eden (1993) -

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Smell the Roses, 2016, by Abe Odedina -


Franz von Stuck, The Kiss of the Sphinx (1890-1914) -

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Roberto Ferri:


My favorite Apollonia Saintclair piece-- L'ange incarné (The earthly angel)

[GuD]

You seem to like very erotic visual art...

[Chiomara]

I suppose so.


Today's favorites:


Jozef Sedlák - Ballads, 1997


Randy Ortiz - Happy Person Having a Pleasant Conversation in Public
(charcoal, acrylic, pastel)


Martin Cienski, You Won't (Oil on canvas)


Henrik Uldalen, Fuse (from Rapture exhibition @ Last Rites Gallery, 2016)

And who doesn't love Remedios Varos:

(Solar Music, 1955)

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Mark Tansey, Veil, 1987


Franz Sedlacek - Ghost over the Trees

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Chiomara

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Randy Ortiz - Happy Person Having a Pleasant Conversation in Public
(charcoal, acrylic, pastel)

Excellent. Avatar material.

Franz Sedlacek - Ghost over the Trees[/SPOILER]

Love it. Reminiscent of Bill Evans' Undercurent (one of my favourite album covers).

[Chiomara]

Who took the photo on the album cover, do you know? (There is always an endless array of photos featuring girls pretending to drown, so I can't keep track of them all) I like it; reminds me a bit of certain photos in Sally Mann's 'Immediate Family' series and, for whatever reason, of this one by John Donica:

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..not sure why, I suppose due to the lighting.

(oh, I also saw that there was a post-mortem photography thread? Was that one yours?)

I meant to share these as well; they're profoundly unsettling. I love them.







by Dragan Bibin (Serbian, b. 1984, Zrenjanin, Serbia) - 1: Dead Of Night, 2015 2: Pull, 2015 3: Push, 2015 from The Human Condition series (Oil on panel)

And this is the full-size version of my avatar (one of Alejandra Acosta's illustrations for Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber) :

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(yes I know I've probably already posted it before)

Speaking of illustrations, the old 50watts blog is a fantastic resource for obscure book and magazine illustrations, particularly childrens' books.

[Key]

Originally Posted by Chiomara

(oh, I also saw that there was a post-mortem photography thread? Was that one yours?)

http://www.musicbanter.com/lounge/86...otography.html

Nope. And you're welcome.

[Chiomara]

Richard Cartwright’s The Scented Path, 1951

Ikegami Yoriyuki:


Annalynn Hammond:

Spoiler for Fuyuko Matsui aka 松井冬子 (Japanese, b. 1974, Morimachi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) - Scattered Deformities In The End, 2007 Color Pigments on Silk, Hanging Scroll:

Spoiler for Aron Wiesenfeld (American, b. 1972, Washington D.C., USA) - Night Grove, 2016 Paintings: Oil on Panel:

La Nuit de Eve: Marchesa Luisa Casati, Federico Beltran Masses, 1929

Spoiler for naked snake lady:

Spoiler for another naked lady (photographer unknown):

One of my favorites.

[Key]

Kitty!