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Favorite Artists? Who are they and show us why you love them!

#81 ledfloyd

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Posted 30 December 2008 - 11:58 AM

i really like man ray

http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/images/ray.jpg

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Posted 30 December 2008 - 04:22 PM

Gotta love Ralph:

http://www.zeigermann.com/cartoonist/images/2005/07/23/steadman.jpg

http://www.qbbooks.com/images/steadman_print_link1.jpg

http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/images/BB/3Steadman.jpg

http://www.zenvironments.com/Photos/Trinity/steadman2.jpg

http://ratbikegarage.com/steadman.jpg

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Posted 30 December 2008 - 06:24 PM

ledfloyd, on Dec 30 2008, 12:58 PM, said:

i really like man ray

http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/gallery/images/ray.jpg

I absolutely love this picture.

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Posted 16 January 2009 - 12:01 PM

r.i.p. andrew wyeth

http://icedmocha.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/wyeth.jpg

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 04:43 AM

Really digging this guy lately:

Vhils

http://alexandrefarto.com/files/gimgs/1_cansface.jpg

http://alexandrefarto.com/files/gimgs/1_vhils--063.jpg

http://alexandrefarto.com/files/gimgs/11_untitled-3.jpg

Check out this page for some cool ass street art:

woostercollective.com

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Posted 30 August 2009 - 09:39 PM

Hiroshi Sugimoto. I like the way all of his images seem to exist in some dream-like state. I like the conceptual nature of his work, and what he does with soft focus. It's cool.

http://coincidences.typepad.com/still_images_and_moving_o/images/sugimoto.jpg
http://www.coskunfineart.com/lg/Galvez.jpg

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Posted 19 November 2009 - 09:47 AM

RIP jeanne-claude. co-creator and wife of christo.

http://70.32.110.223/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/15-christo15.jpg
http://webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/12-christo-landscape-umbrella-installation1.jpg
http://www.lehet.com/photo/large/Christo-path_DSC0543.jpg
http://americanmagpie.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/christo_reichstag.jpg
http://chisnell.com/art/Op%20Pop%20%20Concept%20Art/christo_img_island.gif
http://www.taschen.com/media/images/480/default_ce_christo_wrapped_trees_print_0805191036_id_152802.jpg

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Posted 18 December 2009 - 08:37 PM

Not sure if he's been posted yet, and I'm not sure if y'all will classify what he does as art, but I'm a fan of Terry Richardson.

http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2009/01/lil-wayne-terry-richardson-gq-interview-1.jpg

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Posted 18 December 2009 - 08:39 PM

He needs more tats.

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#90 libowski

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Posted 18 December 2009 - 09:19 PM

over the past few years i've started to purchase some "affordable art" that i've found on a couple design blogs that i like... i've bought a couple limited edition prints from a girl named christina vantzou... here a few of them and her website.

i bought the black lab one below a few years ago...

http://www.orangebeautiful.com/blog/pics/1607.jpg

http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/3_little_paper_planes.jpg

http://20.media.tumblr.com/QA9JpdgnOaeim9qa8uiZZiKG_500.png

i have the "shark eating girl" one and when it got delivered to my office my coworker/friend said, "well, that's a cry for help if i've ever seen one."

http://christinavantzou.com/

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Posted 19 December 2009 - 12:40 AM

wilsondukeoflizards, on 18 December 2009 - 08:39 PM, said:

He needs more tats.

I'm sure he'll oblige, soon enough. :lol:

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Posted 30 March 2010 - 08:31 AM

while not my favorite, micro artist willard wigan, needs to be celebrated. this is absolutely amazing:

he makes the sculptures out of dust particles, sugar crystals, etc. and can do some of the work only between heartbeats.

http://www.artinthepicture.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/033microartist3_468x351.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fzq94YVbHHM/SK6jR2gip9I/AAAAAAAAMZo/vcjjxaaFBgI/s400/micro_sculptor_13.jpg

http://hoaxblog.s3.amazonaws.com/mini1.jpg

charlie chaplin on the end of an eyelash.

http://citizensagainstproobamamediabias.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/chaplin-eyelash.jpg

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Posted 17 June 2010 - 05:47 AM

Groove~Merchant, on 05 April 2007 - 06:53 AM, said:

I have to say Dale Chihuly is one of my top favorite artists. His work absolutely amazes me and he seems like a pretty down to earth individual. I love how his art takes on natural forms and adds a seriously whimsical vibe. His color choices are vibrant and INTENSE!!! When I see his art, I feel swept away for a moment......lost in the light and color of his designs.

There is an exhibit opening here in DC at the National Botanical Gardens on 05/26, I am looking forward to this big time.

have you seen the documentary "River of Glass?" It is amazing. Dale Chihuly (and a plethora of other glass blowers) work on various large-scale pieces in Finland, toss them in the river, then transport them to Venice, Italy to put on display.

Also, if you are ever in Oklahoma City, they have a fairly new art museum that was completely designed about a huge Chihuly tower in the entrance...gorgeous! (and there are many other Chihuly pieces throughout).

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Posted 17 June 2010 - 07:04 AM

This is a hard one....too many to pick (so I will try to be polite and only list a "few")

Agreed that the following are awesome:
Chuck Close
Claes Oldenburg
Christo and Jean-Cleade (RIP)
Hokusai
Dale Chihuly
etc...

1)Now, my favorite painting is hands down, "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli (so beautiful)

2)Next, I am a huge fan of Andy Warhol (he was one very special enigma)

3) My favorite local artist (from right here in Birmingham, AL) is Merilee Challis...which I am oh-so lucky to actually own a piece oh hers (plus she is totally cool and is co-owner of a really hip bar/venue called Bottletree)

4) Not technically my favorite, but I am in awe of contemporary white-house aide turned painter...Alexa Meade. She does these live paintings where she actually creates a 3-D scene by painting directly onto people and 3-D objects and then taking a photograph in which the images eerily look like a flat 2-D painting (except for the hair which still looks quite realistic)...

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Posted 19 June 2010 - 07:24 AM

Those Alexa Meade works are really intriguing.

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Posted 21 June 2010 - 06:26 AM

Michael Parkes. I don't think there is a thing this man has done that I don't love.

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Posted 25 June 2010 - 09:11 AM

Mourningflies, on 21 June 2010 - 06:26 AM, said:

Michael Parkes. I don't think there is a thing this man has done that I don't love.

yeah, his stuff is really neato, Dali-esque...and I have seen it somewhere, but can't exactly place where...wait, I think a friend had a calendar of his work?! Tacky you say? Nah, art as a commodity is cool, right?