Tell us about an Artist you like/dislike!

[Jess]

Tell us about a famous (or not so famous) artist that you like, or dislike. Include examples of their work!

I don’t have a favourite artist, so I’m going to tell you about an artist that I like. Most people will know of him already:

H.R Giger is a Swiss surrealist. He has uses various different types of mediums and has done many things. Giger has created Pen & Ink words, Oil works, Airbrush works and sculptures. H.R Giger has also designed furniture and creatures for films; the most famous probably being his design for Alien.

I enjoy his work because it is weird and wonderful; I love his attention to detail in his airbrush work. This is one of my favourite pieces of work by Giger, which is one of his airbrush works:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6123/giger1mb7.jpg

[Rye]

I am hopelessly in love with the works of Monet and Matisse. I adore Impressionist and Fauvist art styles, and I try to emulate both the colors of the Fauvists and the brush strokes and use of light of the Impressionists in to my work. Some good pieces:

http://www.heartstorming.com/images/matisse.jpg

http://www.reproarte.com/files/images/M/monet_claude/monet_seerosenteich_dia.jpg

I also love Edvard Munch (artist of The Scream), and Picasso when he went through his Cubist Stage of art:

http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/f05/fkherani/11-cubism_Picasso_Woman-Playing-Mandolin.jpg

[Polaris]

I support Rye's choices AND I'll add three more

ROTHKO
http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/ap/2288eaf9-c5f4-4f1e-994d-1efc68338613.widec.jpg

BOTTICELLI
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/botticelli.madonna-of-the-magnificat.jpg

Raphael
http://www.allformary.org/Gallery/files/sixtusraphael.jpg

[Aerith's Knight]

Rembrandt was awsomesauce.. I always enjoyed copy drawing his work.

[Miriel]

Right now, I am totally enraptured by the work of a certain top fashion photographer.

Patrick Demarchelier - His work is timeless and ethereal and simply beautiful.

http://www.younggalleryphoto.com/photography/demarchelier/images/03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/hannahgoesrawr/bcbg03.jpg

[Shiny]

Dislike: Jackson Pollock's art because there's nothing remotely special about his work. A five year old could splatter a few colors of a paint on a piece of paper with minimal effort.

http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/lavendermist.jpg

http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_171/pollack.gif

[Aerith's Knight]

I agree with shiny that abstract art is total childswork and nothing art about it.

[Polaris]

WHAT?????? :eek: No way! :whimper: Abstract art rocks because there is always something behind it :whimper:

[Aerith's Knight]

If you have a pile of clay.. not even a heap, no just bricks of clay piled unto each other.. with a few lines made in them with a finger.. a 5 minute job.

It was abstract art sold for $40.000.. just pointless money waste.

better example.. a box.. a wooden box.

We thought it was a trashcan or something.. no, it was abstract art :p

RYE! how could you.. i saw the group thread.. so we're nothing but a challenge to you? :weep:

[Madame Adequate]

I absolutely love Nighthawks by Hopper

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/images/standard/WebLarge/WebImg_000007/19670_186752.jpg

But it is his only piece that I am familiar with, so I couldn't say whether I'm a big fan of him or just this one piece.

One artist I love is Jean-Léon Gérôme, who rejected impressionism and chose the route of neo-classicism. My favorite pieces by him:

Pygmalion and Galatea
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/PygmalianGalatea.jpg

A Muezzin's call to Prayer
http://208.49.98.6/www/imageserver/9/The_Muezzins_call_to_prayer.jpg

But my favorite style of visual art is easily architecture. I could spam this up with a thousand buildings, to be honest. xD like to give one particular architect who I find fantastic.

That William Van Alen. Primarily famous for the Chrysler Building, which I personally rate as the single finest skyscraper in the world. It is a masterpiece, in my eyes, of art deco.

http://www.visitingdc.com/images/chrysler-building-address.jpg

Go here (http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID021.htm) for a good set of pics of the Chrysler Building. Some of the pictures themselves are gorgreous, although a Chryslaboo like me is wont to say that. :p

[Captain Maxx Power]

I'm a fan of Hieronymus Bosch, if only because me and my friend made up a song about him and me in GCSE Art;

Maxx Power and Hieronymus Bosch
They don't seem terribly posh
Even though they have a rolex watch
It's Maxx Power and Hieronymus Bosch

:jess:

[Balzac]

I really like Carl Critchlows work. I know he's a comic book artist, but his none comic book work is amazing. And, he's a real nics guy too!

[Breine]

The styles I like the most are probably Impressionism, Fauvism and Expressionism. Modern art in general is also just awesome, but really.. I like all art when it comes down to it. I could spend years just walking around in museums. Some examples of artists/works I like:

Van Gogh:
http://z.about.com/d/painting/1/0/L/T/1/SueBond-13VanGoghSelfP-Stra.jpg

http://bipolarworks.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/starry-night.jpg

Anna Ancher:
http://kunstonline.dk/indhold/pics/annaancher.jpg

Edvard Munch:
http://www.cecm.usp.br/~fepinheiro/wp/wp-content/images/edvard-munch.jpg
His "Madonna" is also beautiful.

Asger Jorn:
http://www.um.dk/Publikationer/UM/English/FactsheetDenmark/VisualArts/images/image_3-1etl_4.jpg

Michael Kvium:
http://kunstonline.dk/profil/pics/michael_kvium_3.jpg

There are many more, but those were some examples.

[Avarice-ness]

I agree with shiny that abstract art is total childswork and nothing art about it.

Define what makes art, art then.

Last time I checked anything visually stimulating (Bad or Good) and up for some type of interpretation is considered Art.

[Necronopticous]

I'm a big fan of Trevor Brown. Unfortunately I can't really post much of his work here. You'll just have to check him out (http://www.pileup.com/babyart/) yourself. I consider that ample warning for following the link, obviously.


http://www.pileup.com/babyart/pix/rubberduck.jpg

http://www.pileup.com/babyart/pix/blasphemy09.gif

[Rocket Edge]

Rembrandt was awsomesauce.. I always enjoyed copy drawing his work.
Rembrandt is my favourite artist. He was unbelieveable working with contrast and attention to detail. His drawings are probably what I most admire. His style of drawing, with his strong line is amazing.

http://www.polygraphicum.de/scan/AMAND_DURAND_GRAVURE_RBT_CO_EXPO_PolygraphicumHelmEberbach_2006%20046.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/arthistory/1/0/b/M/rembrandt_blog_02.jpg

http://www.scottburns.co.uk/images/blog/rem16.jpg

[Zeromus_X]

I love M. C. Escher a whole bunch. I love his metamorphosis works, and his playing around with impossible shapes and structures. Most of his works are just plain fun to look at, besides.

"Other World"

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/Zeromus_X/esc-ano.jpg

"Relativity"

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/Zeromus_X/Eschers_Relativity.jpg

"Metamorphosis II"

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/Zeromus_X/Escher_Metamorphosis_II.jpg

"Belvedere"

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/Zeromus_X/Belvedere.jpg

"Concentric Rinds"

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/Zeromus_X/MCEscherConcentricRinds1953.jpg

[black orb]

>>> Vincent Van Gogh.
That guy ruled.

[scrumpleberry]

Rocket, duh.

Anthony Frederick Sandys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Frederick_Sandys) is pretty kickass. He's the only artist where I've liked every piece I've ever seen by him. Oh, and I like most of Gustav Klimt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Klimt)s work.

I'm going to be very brave and very stupid and say that these 2 deviantart (http://b1nd1.deviantart.com/)artists are awesome (http://makani.deviantart.com/) to the nth degree. They're certainly not Van Gogh, but still I'm really interested to see what they do in the future.