ten visual artists i have been thinking about

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eh

max max max max, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link

yeah lol the 80s i guess

judith, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link

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

max max max max, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link

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

Hurting, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link

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.

judith, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link

This one is gorgeous:

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

Hurting, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link

indeed xp

max max max max, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link

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!"

edb, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link

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

silvana mangano, Thursday, 29 December 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link


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