The film by Julian Schnabel delivered the tragic yet charming story of Basquiat to me before I found it, which I eventually would have through my exploration of Warhol and the world of The Factory.
His art is unlike anything else that I have seen before or since — it has a musical quality to [...]
May 5, 2008
Categories: Take Art, andy warhol, art, artists, blogging, culture vulture, film, updates . Tags: abstract art, art, artists, jean michel basquiat, painting, Take Art . Author: insomnihack . Comments: No Comments
When I first saw the works of Andy Warhol i have to admit to being totally non-plussed. It was at a Pop Art exhibition at the Tate Gallery and lined up next to the other people there for me he didn’t stand his ground. I think I was arrogant enough to think I knew what [...]
May 5, 2008
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I came across this wonderful artist through stumbleupon. She uses some really interesting media to create her pieces and I have to admit that they are something I don’t think I have ever seen. I love innovation in art and coupled with such beautiful pieces it really does touch you both intellectually and emotionally. The [...]
March 29, 2008
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Well, maybe I am some kind of retard but this picture is about the only information that I could find on this guy. I’ve seen similar images to the above one but I think it was the colouring in this one that particularly caught my eye. I found it in http://www.ideafixa.com/ and that is probably [...]
March 27, 2008
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If you haven’t heard of this guy or checked out his site, where he has prints of his amazing art on sale, then you really need to head on over there and check him out. With some of the pieces you can see what some of his influences might be, purely in regards to subject [...]
March 26, 2008
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I think, as with a lot of things, the Young British Artists, as they were known, are easy to look at and assess from a perspective that is not barraged by so much hype. I think at the time so much of the talk about the pieces was coloured by people reacting against the publicity [...]
March 19, 2008
Categories: Take Art, art, artists, blogging, book, culture vulture, damien hirst, ideas, the factory, theories, updates, young british artists . Tags: artists, damien hirst, saatchi, shark in a tank, Take Art, young british artists . Author: insomnihack . Comments: No Comments
Whilst I was traveling around the US I stayed in Ohio, and while I was in Youngstown, Ohio I went to the Butler Institute for art. One of the exhibitions that I went to when we were walking around the Butler was a portrait exhibition by Rhoda Yanow. Her paintings were vibrant and full of [...]
March 14, 2008
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Thank you Manic Street Preachers for introducing me to the work of Jenny Saville. Saville’s work adorned the cover of the Manic’s masterpiece — The Holy Bible and it was the perfect compliment to the music that was contained within that cover — visceral and obsessed in so many ways by the human body. [...]
March 3, 2008
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The first version of this painting that I saw was actually the Giger one — it has been in my life for a long time: ever since I bought the Giger Taschen poster book after becoming interested in him through his work on Alien. From reading the poster books descriptions of the poster I [...]
March 2, 2008
Categories: Take Art, art, artists, giger, updates . Tags: art, boecklin, giger, island of death, painting, Take Art . Author: insomnihack . Comments: No Comments