Art....

[Chairman Meow]

Most art passes me by but recently i have become semi-obsessed with Caravaggio. Just unreal how brilliant his work is, and he was a loon as well.  

 

I heard of him through a history podcast by Daniele Bolleli. Caravaggio was a seriously interesting guy and seriously talented.

 

http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2016/8/15/episode-11-caravaggio-part-1-light-and-darkness

 

You can probably find it free elsewhere, but it's well worth paying for anyway.

 

From that page:

 

 

 

During a visit to a church in Sicily, a priest offered Caravaggio holy water. Caravaggio asked the old priest what it was for. “It will cancel your venial sins, my son,” replied the priest. “Then it’s no use—Caravaggio commented—My sins are all mortal.”

[Elite]

No closer to finding out who Banksy is?

[Karl_b]

There's a Picasso exhibition currently on at the Tate Modern, which I'm hoping to go to in a few weeks. Has anyone already been? Any good?

[TheHowieLama]

Art

 

Smmaaaart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wait, that didnt work.

[Dougie Do'ins]

Spanish church slammed over 'frightening' sculpture restoration

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44619416

[lifetime fan]

No closer to finding out who Banksy is?

 

He was outed years ago mate.

[Elite]

He was outed years ago mate.

Weren't they wrong? I can't find any info on his real identity.

[lifetime fan]

[Champ]

I went to the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition yesterday. I’d had a hankering to go for years and finding out that Grayson Perry was (poncy word alert) curating it was the excuse I needed to get off my arse and get tickets.

 

I was not disappointed. I loved it.

I had wondered about the idea of arranging so many different styles together but it really worked. My only gripe was that in the main hall some of the pieces were hung so high up it wasn’t easy for us short arses to look at them properly.

 

Book me up for next year

[Pidge]

There's a Picasso exhibition currently on at the Tate Modern, which I'm hoping to go to in a few weeks. Has anyone already been? Any good?

Just seen this - might be a bit late, but as the exhibition is on until Sept (I think), thought I'd still reply.

 

Yes. I posted about a few pages back. Was very good.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

I went to the Walker Art Gallery last week. Just a quick walk around. But it was quality. I wasn't aware that they had such a vast collection or that it contained pieces by the likes of Rodin, Lowry, Titian, Monet, Stubbs and Cezanne.

 

The John Moores prize winners exhibition was great too.

[easytoslip]

I went to the Walker Art Gallery last week. Just a quick walk around. But it was quality. I wasn't aware that they had such a vast collection or that it contained pieces by the likes of Rodin, Lowry, Titian, Monet, Stubbs and Cezanne.

 

The John Moores prize winners exhibition was great too.

Yes some good stuff in there ,one of my favourites is When Did You Last See Your Father, some episode in the English Civil War , not sure who painted it he has an odd name , it's good to have a walk around in there now and again.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Just back from a 4 nighter in Barcelona. 

 

Took in the Fundació Joan Miró. Some wonderfully quirky pieces of art there.

 

Some pretty pretentious stuff too though. Particularly his minimalist series, which was literally a thin line on a plain background (https://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/blogs/miros-minimal-series-painting-on-white-background).

 

His anti-art stuff was a bit silly too. When he'd paint something and then just decide to burn the canvas. Weird. But quite eye catching (https://www.fmirobcn.org/en/colection/catalog-works/5483/p-em-burnt-canvas-4-em-p)

 

I enjoyed it. Love it up in the Montjuic area of Barcelona. I tried to go to the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya too, but it was closing early due to a firework display and concert being held there for the local La Mercè festival. 

 

So, I went to see some real life works of art at Nova Icaria beach instead. ¡Ay caramba! 

[Mook]

[TheHowieLama]

Heh, that crazy bastard

[Strontium]

1 hour ago, Mook said:

 

Yeah, it's a fucking nightmare cleaning your carpets when pigeons roost in your loft.

[Numero Veinticinco]

I can only imagine that’s what playing bowls feels like when you’re in a bad acid trip. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 6/20/2018 at 5:22 PM, Elite said:

No closer to finding out who Banksy is?

Tony's ma.

[Mook]

Love this cubist impression of Edinburgh (William Crozier I think)...

 

 

[KMD7]

Bit fascinated by Van Gogh and Rembrandt. Went to the National Art Gallery in Dublin a few years back and was in awe at this Rembrandt piece called The Flight into Egypt

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I think it was sometime between the time she was raped and the time she had to go through an excrutiating trial to prosecute her rapist that Artemisia Gentileschi painted Judith Slaying Holofernes.

 

 

[polymerpunkah]

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-50704138/david-datuna-artist-eats-120000-banana-art-at-gallery

 

Someone tapes a banana to the wall, sells it for $120k.

 

Someone else walks into gallery, eats banana.

 

 

[Carvalho Diablo]

 

[Bjornebye]

On 18/12/2018 at 00:26, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Yeah, it's a fucking nightmare cleaning your carpets when pigeons roost in your loft.

Hahaha

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]