ten visual artists i have been thinking about

up until this morning she was, at least

then after that, not

i always liked her paintings, they reminded me of late 70s singer-songwriter album covers

i always think of this fgt quote, even if it is p unfair the way he singles her out

" All art and all cultural production is political. I'll just give you an example. When you raise the question of political or art, people immediately jump and say, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, those are political artists. Then who are the non-political artists, as if that was possible at this point in history? Let's look at abstraction, and let's consider the most successful of those political artists, Helen Frankenthaler. Why are they the most successful political artists, even more than Kosuth, much more than Hans Haacke, much more than Nancy and Leon or Barbara Kruger? Because they don't look political! And as we know it's all about looking natural, it's all about being the normative aspect of whatever segment of culture we're dealing with, of life. That's where someone like Frankenthaler is the most politically successful artist when it comes to the political agenda that those works entail, because she serves a very clear agenda of the Right."

eh

yeah lol the 80s i guess

i wonder how many words have been written about frankenthaler and "femininity"

In re the group-of-seven aesthetic, reminds me a little of a young painter I saw recently in a group show, Lauren Warner. Really liked her stuff

http://dbprng00ikc2j.cloudfront.net/work/image/505729/mf2ji7/20111017210923-LowerTerrace.jpg

i wonder how many words have been written about frankenthaler and "femininity"

― max max max max, Tuesday, December 27, 2011 4:55 PM (28 seconds ago)

i imagine this is at least in part what he is referring to.

This one is gorgeous:

http://www.mfa.org/sites/default/files/images/Daisy-geyser.crop_.jpg

indeed xp

That FGT quote always confused me because I've never known how Helen Frankenthaler is a political artist, or whether he's referring to post-war abstract painting in general.

That said, I feel like 75% of the time when I hear about artists passing away, my reaction is the appropriate variation of "helen frankenthaler was still alive!"

there's some good stuff in this slideshow

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/754706/modern-painters-presents-100-artists-to-watch-part-3-of-5