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favorite images from art (across period)

so here are some works from different artists that i like. what you will read here is why i like the painting and/or the artist, and any story or emotional role the image has played in my life and love of art.

nothing too obsqure here... hope you enjoy! i enjoyed compiling.



vangogh. shoes. 1887

i got to see a collection of vangogh's series on shoes in boston ten years ago or so. i loved how ordinary and humble the subject matter he chose. i love that they aren't the lugz boots of his day- they are tattered and worn work boots. this isn't to mention that vangogh was a first love for me (as he is w/ many people i'm sure) when i was 12 or so.

goya. may 3rd.

i got to see this painting when i was 16 at the prada in madrid. it was my first encounter w/ a piece of art where i teared up. it is an enormous canvas and is just a powerful work to be in the same room. i don't know why it moved me so; i don't remember knowing the history (and now, as i look it up; there was a riot of andalusian rebels who were executed). but it did nonetheless.

rothko.

i love the whittney museum of art and believe it to be one of the most under-rated museums on the 5th avenue museum circut in manhattan. i saw a rothko exhibit once and that trip turned into five additional trips over the course of the exhibit b/c i adore mark rothko's work. i love the intensity of the color and how rich and deep the colors look and feel. when i saw this stuff in person- fat over lean took on new meaning for me. it has been a mantra by paining teachers- but it finally lodged in my mind and heart the importance and benfit of the techique.

giotto. stigma

one of the remnants of catholisim in our family is a reverance and esteem of st. francis. i love the content and story of this image. giotto was the king of his day of space, depth and was considered fairly revolutionary amongest his peers for it. this whole gothic / romanesque period was my whole schtick in college. this panel frescoe is in pisa.

cimabue.

ironically, cimabue discovered giotto. he was a thirteenth century florentine. i adore his cruxifications b/c they seemed more accurate emotionally. lots of cruxifictions of this era and leading up to it-were sterile. i remember cimabue's cruxifications really resonating with me.

hopper. lighthouse 2.

an american mack daddy. i think edward hopper's art is really accessible and his craftmanship is so pristine! i love when there is high quality accessible art that can orient people. that's the role i think hopper gave (and continues to give) americans (a relatively young country w/ not a tone of context/ history in the art world)- bearings and vocabulary. he's known to be a master of light. i got to see a lot of his stuff in chicago.

schiele. self. (taken from)

i love love love this guy. he's a turn of the century austrian that was influenced by gustav klimt (the guy who did the kiss). in my opinion, he far surpassed his teacher. lots of his art is a bit twisted and graphic on the erotic side. but i adore his nuetral portraits and his landscapes. i love the exagerration and the agony of his lines and his layers make figures pop off the canvas. i have not seen any of his work in person.

today's chewable vitamin:

"an artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision." ~ whistler