Man-made Art . . .

This thread (posted in the wrong section by the board buffoon) somehow turned into a discussion about art.

I'm no expert when it comes to art but I do know what I like and I do appreciate great art, so I think it deserves a thread of it's own.

My house is full of MC Escher prints. I love his paradoxes and mathematical flaws.

I'm also a huge fan of Claude Monet. One of the calmest and most introspective afternoons of my life was sitting in the beautiful L'Orangerie museum in Paris just staring at Monet's water lilies mural.

One of my daughters is an artist with a Fine Arts degree and she has always talked about Jackson Pollock as one of her favourite artists. I never really appreciated him until I saw one of his originals in the National Gallery in London. I don't know what came over me but looking at that painting (sorry, I can't remember the exact work) just made me feel so emotional and I just wanted to weep.

Another artist I really like is the rather obscure Frank Frazetta (Google is your friend) but I'll concede he's more of a pop-art/cartoon artist.

Talking of cartoons and art, Bill Watterson (the creator of the cartoon strip Calvin and Hobbes for the lost souls who don't know) is an underrated artist in his own right.

But for me it's Vincent Van Gogh. His love for his subject/s just shines through in everything he ever painted. The word "genius" somehow falls short.

So we know ButtPlug likes Rembrandt and I like Van Gogh . . . anyone else want to share their favourite artists and/or works of art?

Edit: Topic title changed from "Art" to "Man-made Art" on 3 Jan 2024.

I have some originals by Tomas Harker, Sam Cannon and Doug Hyde on my walls. 

I always loved Klimt and Munch, amongst many others.

My absolute favourite artist is Caravaggio. I just think he’s a genius. 

Milton Avery, the late period

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I like Munch….the Brücke school, even though they were probably pervs… .Kiefer….the color field artists….Frankenthaler, Francis….abstracts like Twombly. But I still enjoy seeing Turner, the impressionists although I don’t much care for Cezanne. Caravaggio and El Greco from the classical periods. 

While in Paros in 2007 I went on a tour to Monet\s house ouside Paris.  Manym of jhis paintings where stuill there to adm,ire.

Tou mus try and go to S t Petersburg emitage where there are 27 000 painting  are on display from , whee you can get emosioal about.     

Francoise Nielly

Dali's Crucifixion

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Can I say none, never held any interest to me, don't get me wrong I can appreciate the skill some artists display and it takes a special talent but not something I will go out of my way to see. If I want to see a thing of beauty I will head to the high country lakes fishing. Now that is worth seeing. Better than any painting.

Among South African artists….Pierneef, Skotness, Slingsby, Egan Tania, Dylan Lewis (the animal abstracts).

Among English modern artists Heron, Tilson, Riley and Henry Moore.

I do wonder if fans of modernist and impressionist painting would show the same affection if these were not the products of famous artists.

Realist painting is good, but the camera has to some extent killed that- although some photos look really good

No it's someone posting their opinion on a subject.

Can you not accept someone finds little interest in art but appreciates the natural world as something no artist can surpass. 

Still wondering how you read I don't know into my comments, maybe your brain works in a different way to the rest of us.  

Do you find it that hard to accept someone finds the arts as something irrelevant and not worth wasting their time with? 

Stinks of a small petty mind that thinks only people that agree with them hold any relevance and should be criticized for thinking otherwise.

Some idiot, that's not art, my 2 year old granddaughter can do better than that.

Let me see, go look at some chicken scratches or the natural world, no fucking contest that.

That shit is the epitome of stupidity.

How much good could someone do in this world with that kind of money, instead they waste that kind of money on shit. Sheer fuckin madness and totally out of touch with reality.

If I am dim your bulb went out long ago mate. 

Fair warning to other posters, disagree with our resident retard and he thinks you are stupid bwahahaha .

Imagine anyone has the balls to disagree with plumbums thinking, I am sorry master let me bow at you knees for darei ng to think otherwise.

What a fucking arrogant knob.

Plumster got very upset when I 3educated him about Kolbe being better than Arendse. He was most put out. Hahahhahaha

I have to agree with MOC nature far far surpasses anything an artist can capture and like him I would much rather be out in the beauty of nature than viewing some painting.

That painting worth all that money is a fraud. Its pure rubbish. Talk about an emperor without cloths situation. Mozzie being the pretentious art snob he is pretends there is something to it making it worth all that money.

Unfortunately the art world is full of hoaxers and pretentious snobs who try to make out only they are intelligent enough to see how great a piece of trash like this painting is.

Then a certain type of art lover loves to drop names about his favourite artists or art style, the more obscure the artist the  better as that show he knows his stuff and is a man of discernment, culture, intellect, sensibilities far above his fellow man who call out the bollocks he sees. If a name artist paints anything, no matter how terrible it is, they will extoll it to the heavens and excoriate anyone who points out the obvious.

Some even get very emotional about a painting, weeping copiously as the stuff their mouths full of cookies etc. But mention hundreds of millions of children being murdered and they are not really interested.

Nope the soundest post on this thread surprisingly goes to MOC. 

Some enlightening cartoons

MOC HEADS FOR THE EXIT

Well fuck me hell must have frozen over, me and Beeno have found common ground.

Never thought I would say this Beenio but I totally agree with you.

Funny how no matter how opposite people views are there is always some common ground linking us

Traveled the world  and yet to see any piece of art that even comes close to the natural world.

If anyone one thinks a mere painting comes close they have never left their mothers basement.

I doubt I will ever see everything this world has to offer but I can guarantee 1 thing I will never waste 1 day in some stuffey art museum over seeing everything this world has to offer.

Anyone gets the chance to visit the Milford sounds I dare you to say some mere painting is superior to that. 

My number 1 place to visit, it is just so overwhelming it takes your breath away.

MoC you have won the argument hands down. But expect some flack. These arty types can get quite hysterical. 

Water off a ducks back to me, anyone  that thinks art comes even close to the natural world has a serious mental problem.

Anyway, anyone on here that wants to recommend  their favorite place to visit please do. (No cities please, natural wonders only)

Did you guys see the heading of this thread?

If you have no interest in a subject, why even bother clicking on it? Was the title "Art" not typed big or bold enough for you? 

If you have no interest in a topic then just stay off it. You don't have to click on a thread just to tell everyone how much you dislike the topic. Exercise your right to ignore it rather than making dicks of yourselves telling everyone how much you hate the topic they're discussing.

Do you seriously need to be told this?

Are we not aloud an opinion on a thread on this site?

Is the natural world not considered art anymore?

Since when did this forum bring in rules that we canno offert different  views from the original post?

Fuck off with your biased views on what art is.

The question was your favorite artist, mine is the natural world by a country mile but I am being disrespectful  by stating it is miles ahead of any piece of art any human has any produced?

Fuck me the fragile egos of some on here is beyond belief.

Go on give me the name of one piece of art that surpasses the natural beauty of this world.

Oh for Pete's sake! So go and start a thread on the natural world. I'll contribute. I also like natural beauty.

Which bit are you not understanding?

The arrogance of someone that thinks art is better than what the natural world has to offer.

I fail to understand how you think the natural wonders of this world are inferior to human art.

You are entitled to your opinion but do not understand why you would attack me for thinking the natural beauty of this world surpasses any thing some artist has to offer.