Art--You Philistines

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Inceptionism. Needs work.

(It looks like they just fractally repeat pieces of an image and call it "art")

Christ... it is like the nightmare of a retarded cyborg.

Leave the drawin' to peoples thanks very much.

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

[de officiis]

A series of hyper-realistic urban paintings by Richard Estes.

http://kengarex.com/reflections-urban-r ... art-works/

[Okeefenokee]

[de officiis]

Van Gogh - Sunflowers Live

In 1888–9 Vincent van Gogh produced one of the most famous series of paintings in the world – seven glorious variations of the ‘Sunflowers’.

Today, five of these masterpieces hang in five art museums around the world, and are being united virtually in a world-first Facebook Live relay this August.

Broadcasting live from the museums, the paintings will be introduced by leading art experts in a series of captivating 15-minute episodes.
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Van Gogh’s dream was to set up an artist’s colony, and he was excitedly awaiting the arrival of his hero, Gauguin, to join him in Arles. Two of the sunflower paintings (the London and Munich versions) were made to decorate Gauguin’s bedroom by way of a welcome to the house.

Yellow, for Van Gogh, was an emblem of happiness - in Dutch literature, the sunflower was a symbol of devotion and loyalty....

By January 1889, ... Van Gogh had returned to the sunflowers motif, and painted a further three versions .... Two of these (Amsterdam and Philadelphia) were to hang either side of a portrait of his friend Augustine Roulin. The resulting triptych would be an image of consolation.

In the months that followed, Van Gogh’s mental health deteriorated and he tragically killed himself in July 1890. To many, the last years of his life represent the culmination of his artistic achievement, and the ‘Sunflowers’ a beacon of his talent.

[heydaralon]

I can respect Norman Rockwell as an artist, but his art has never done it for me.

[Hastur]

Jon McNaughton, the painter behind the famous work The forgotten man has made a new painting.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Well, there's the lowest point of propaganda... hoo boy.

[pineapplemike]

There are few things in life that piss me off more than modern art



The audacity of these types of people to call themselves artists, I don't even call myself an artist and I have at least some grasp of art and technique.

At least Vox didn't try to make the all-white paintings into a racial thing