My favorite Artists...

artman @_@artman @_@
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Thought I'd start a new thread from out of the Rudi/Time Cover one...



Fave current living artist bar none:

<a href="http://www.robert-williams.com/RWsite.html"; target="_blank">Robert Williams</a>







The Artistalero



Explanatory Nomenclature: The Throngs Adulate In A State of Agog As A Profligate/Dilettante Runs Incontinent With Gratuitous Inspiration, Perpetuating The Credo 'Is Not Every Man In His Soul An Artist, And The More Downtrodden, The More License He Has To Express?'



Poolroom Title: Mr. Funky-Tube-Squeezer Secretes A Treat



The maestro of low brow art.



Fave classic artists:

Da Vinci

Van Gough

Picasso

Dali...hundreds more.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 15
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Thomas Kinkade and Bob Ross.







    But seriously, I'm a huge photorealism nut, so guys like Davis Cone, John Baeder, Richard Estes, etc. I can look at that stuff for DAYS.



    Most of the people I REALLY know of and admire are digital, computer-based illustrators. My three favorites are <a href="http://www.ronchan.com/"; target="_blank">Ron Chan</a>, <a href="http://www.peterhoey.com"; target="_blank">Peter Hoey</a> and <a href="http://www.stevenlyons.com"; target="_blank">Steven Lyons</a>.



    If you've read Macworld magazine at all over the years, at one point or another you've seen their work on many occasions: covers, article openers, spot illustrations, feature art, etc.



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  • Reply 2 of 15
    jrcjrc Posts: 817member
    I actually like Dali, Monet, and Thomas Kincaide however you spell it.
  • Reply 3 of 15
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Oh man...Artman's gonna have your ass!



  • Reply 4 of 15
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Think about it.
  • Reply 5 of 15
    rick1138rick1138 Posts: 938member
    Thomas Kinkade sucks-one of the worst artists of all time,one of the most cynical manipulators of his public ever-this has been mentioned in a previous thread...



    Personally I like deKooning,Picasso,vanGogh,Munch,Michelangelo,quite a few others.Among digital artists I like Karl Sims,although many people wouldn't consider his work to be art.
  • Reply 6 of 15
    willoughbywilloughby Posts: 1,457member
    Chagall and Rothko me likes



    Kinkade can suck it.
  • Reply 7 of 15
    doctorgonzodoctorgonzo Posts: 529member
    <a href="http://www.globalgallery.com/ggresult.asp?ref=goto&artist=hopper"; target="_blank">Edward Hopper</a>, Rembrant, Andy Warhol
  • Reply 8 of 15
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Why, Jan van Eyck, of course. My Flemish homeboy from the 15th century.



    The Arnolfini Wedding r00ls j00. Northern Renaissance 'till I die.



    Him and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  • Reply 9 of 15
    sebseb Posts: 676member
    <a href="http://www.artnet.com/ag/fineartthumbnails.asp?aid=16543&page=1&group=1&max _tn_pages=4" target="_blank">Wayne Thiebaud</a> and his crazy paintings of food are great.





    <a href="http://artcyclopedia.com/artists/diebenkorn_richard.html"; target="_blank">Richard Diebenkorn</a> is one of my favorite modern painters. Especially his landscapes and drawings.
  • Reply 10 of 15
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    [quote]Originally posted by JRC:

    <strong>I actually like Dali, Monet, and Thomas Kincaide however you spell it.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Sorry, but you shouldn't even mention Dali or Monet with that asshole in the same thread...to each his own, but he (Kinkade) is an inflatable **** doll compared to their real beauty of artistic representations....



    William's work is amazing up close. His earlier works were so detailed. He would use a single hair brush for detailed worlk. His magazine <a href="http://www.juxtapoz.com/html/homeframe.html"; target="_blank">Juxtapoz</a> rules too.



    Another artist to see out there is <a href="http://www.markryden.com/"; target="_blank">Mark Ryden</a>. His work has a weird, narrative style. Classical yet modern.







    "Angel of Meat"
  • Reply 11 of 15
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    "Angel of Meat" awesome...I'm hungry.
  • Reply 12 of 15
    sodamnregisteredsodamnregistered Posts: 32member
    Dada, all day, every day.



    My two heavy hitters:



    George Grosz

    Marcel Duchamp



    some lessors:



    John Heartfeld, Kurt Schwitters
  • Reply 13 of 15
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    Oh, and I forgot to mention another inspirational artist of mine, <a href="http://www.mooneyes.com/13EDROTH.htm"; target="_blank">Big Daddy Roth</a>.



    He was not only an artist (Rat Fink) but an amazing custom car designer...







    Passed away on my birthday last year...
  • Reply 14 of 15
    the toolboithe toolboi Posts: 557member
    Vangough (SP?) purely for starry night (woha... is that sky... moving?).



    However my real favorites are:

    Salvator Dali (just bizzare)

    MC Escher (king of bindblowingly weird)

    and a little Geiger (fukin freaky).
  • Reply 15 of 15
    pfflampfflam Posts: 5,053member
    yahDADAnoDADA dadaDADA



    Rauschenberg, an old standby

    Tom Freidman

    Tim Hawkinson

    DUCHAMP





    VITO ACCONCI

    Sophie Calle

    Bruce Naumann

    Gary Hill

    many other video and video installation artists



    Muel



    I also like the likes of Robert Williams, too

    and Giotto

    and painterly Painters:

    Elmer Bischoff

    Fantin Latour





    AAAhhhh so much... I love it all...and more
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