Favorite piece of art...

[Heather]

Strangely, these questions kind of scare me. I think I like a lot of classics (John Singer Sargent, etc.) and because they're classics I think I should like something else more.
I do really like the Japanese woodcuts posted earlier.

Moreso, I think I like design better. I am really into the decorative arts - silver and woodsmithing, glass and ceramics, textile arts, those are my real favorites.

Art is so subjective. This will sound really odd in this thread, but personally, I enjoy most art, even the type that shows up as commercial. I think Apple has the best packaging around, and I truly think of that as an art form, too. Frankly, art sells!

 

[SlipperFan]

Interesting how many people here are artists/have degrees in art. I have an MFA in studio art with an emphasis in sculpture. A teaching colleague introduced me to the darkroom, and so photography and then digital imaging captured my interest.

I will always love kinetic sculpture, though. Artists such as George Rickey fascinate me (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:George_Rickey), but these works cannot be appreciated on paper (or a computer monitor). Motion, the fourth dimension, is a thing of it's own.

My very favorite sculptor is Konstantin Milonadis, Rickey's student and my teacher:
http://www.brama.com/news/press/2004/09/040930uima.html

My favorite painter is Georgia O'Keefe: http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/indexflash.php

I would happily own any one of their works!

 

[streetmorrisart]

Heather, it’s not odd, not at all. I’ve never thought of design and so-called fine art separately, and I love silverwork and woodworking! A lot of the imagery I’m influenced by was or is commercial in nature…ukiyo-e was in a way. I’m talking about animation, comic book art, book illustrations too. No need to apologize for liking the classics either. I have that “problem” with literature. Aside from nonfiction and comics, I rarely read much that’s new in print even though I know there’s a lot of good stuff out there.

As far as giving up producing art in favor of other pursuits, I can see how easily that would happen and why people would want to. For me it’s been the other way around. We’ll see if I live to regret it.

You can’t go wrong with O’Keefe and I would love to see Rickey’s sculptures in person. (Michiana representin’!) Too far from Meijer Gardens these days. I joked fondly about my Franz Marc book report yesterday—investigated Calder the same year. I still like both. I don't grow out of what I like actually.

 

[SlipperFan]

You can’t go wrong with O’Keefe and I would love to see Rickey’s sculptures in person. (Michiana representin’!) Too far from Meijer Gardens these days. I joked fondly about my Franz Marc book report yesterday—investigated Calder the same year. I still like both. I don't grow out of what I like actually.

heh! heh! -- I've been accused of being eclectic.

 

[NYEric]

This is like a miniature art tour!

 

[NYEric]

Comics? Bad copies of great art. I have most of the comics.
http://www.pigdogproductions.com/jack kirby2.html

 

[Drorchid]

This is a tough one. Even though I am a scientist, I am an artist at heart as well. If I would have to choose just one (Being from the Netherlands) I would go for van Gogh's Irises painting:

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N

Another artist that I really like (and I actually have one of his lithoghraph's) is Gould. He is known for his pictures of birds (hummingbirds, Toucan's and others). but he often depicts them with plants (including orchids).

Here are some examples:

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=Q1C&sa=N

http://www.audubonart.com/01_HUM_01.ASP

Robert

 

[SlipperFan]

Actually, just about anything Van Gogh would be a treasure.

 

[Barbara]

Actually, just about anything Van Gogh would be a treasure.

For sure. I even like his blue period.

Sculpture and photography, eh? I have a friend who was in the same program/year as me and she focused on sculpture and photography too. Myself, I did drawing and painting, but I seem to take a good deal of inspiration from site specific and 3D artists. Do you have any pictures of your other work?

 

[SlipperFan]

For sure. I even like his blue period.

Sculpture and photography, eh? I have a friend who was in the same program/year as me and she focused on sculpture and photography too. Myself, I did drawing and painting, but I seem to take a good deal of inspiration from site specific and 3D artists. Do you have any pictures of your other work?

Actually, photography came after sculpture. I have photos of my sculptures somewhere. I don't know how good the photos are -- I took them before I knew anything about photography.

 

[Corbin]

When I was in high school, o so long ago, I got a great big book of Van Gogh pictures. Stary Night, Sunflower, Haystacks, then right behind him would be Monet. Went to college and got an art degree so I could be a construction super. Something about making a living and feeding the kids.