Off-topic - which artists do you like?

[Jenny]

Gill wrote: "I saw my first drawings by Käthe Kollwitz this week. I found them incredibly moving.
Here's some information about her:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4t..."

Gill, I grew up with her drawings. She lived and died close to my home town Dresden, so her art is still very present there. Incredibly moving.

[Gill]

Jenny wrote: "Gill wrote: "I saw my first drawings by Käthe Kollwitz this week. I found them incredibly moving.
Here's some information about her:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4t......"

One of the radio series podcasts about Germany was about Barlach's hovering angel. Apparently he used Kollwitz as the model for this. Have you ever seen this, Jenny?

[Jenny]

I have and just looked at it again. I didn't know it has had been shipped to The British Museum last year for an exhibition there.

[Gill]

Jenny wrote: "I have and just looked at it again. I didn't know it has had been shipped to The British Museum last year for an exhibition there."

Yes, the podcast was connected with the exhibition, Jenny. I wish I'd been to see it.

[Leslie]

Speaking of art on the radio, I heard on NPR that this Japanese painting often called just "The Wave" is coming to Boston (is already here perhaps).

[Susan]

Leslie wrote: "Speaking of art on the radio, I heard on NPR that this Japanese painting often called just "The Wave" is coming to Boston (is already here perhaps)."

Such an iconic painting — you'll have to go and see it!

[Susan]

Paul wrote: "I am big fan of photography, though not everyone counts that as art. A friend takes pictures like these:

http://dorsetscouser.com/stargazing/

The first in the sequence is just north of where I li..."

Gorgeous photos! I grew up next door, in Bournemouth, back when it was still in Hampshire, before the county border was moved.

[Gill]

https://d.gr-assets.com/photos/142843...

I think I've done that not quite right, but I think if you click on it you get to one of the Kollwitz pictures that I saw.

[Paul]

Susan wrote: "Paul wrote: "I am big fan of photography, though not everyone counts that as art. A friend takes pictures like these:

http://dorsetscouser.com/stargazing/

The first in the sequence is just north ..."

He is very talented Susan

[Paulfozz]

Jenny wrote: "I have and just looked at it again. I didn't know it has had been shipped to The British Museum last year for an exhibition there."

The original piece was destroyed by the Nazis but a second casting was hidden and is the one currently hanging in Güstrow Cathedral; that's the one that was loaned to the British Museum:

http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/11...

I went to that exhibition twice and it was quite something, but I'm sure it would be much better seen in place at Güstrow.

[dely]

This evening I went to the opening of an exhibition of contemporary Russian art. It was very interesting and the professor who explained everything was really good.

I liked above all the paintings by Ashot Robert Khachkalyan (https://www.google.it/search?q=ashot+...) and Alena Yazerskaya (click on the arrow to skip the Italian introduction http://www.buzhurinagallery.com/yazer...). Hers aren't "real" paintings, but they are made by leather, like collages.

In both these artists I could feel the Russian soul, culture and traditions made also by fairy tales. I could also feel the restlessness I often find in Russian literature.
There was also an actor who has read excerpts of Russian literature and some Russian poems.

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Chrissie wrote: "I love tons of different art styles and artists. Do I have to pick just a few? I feel if I name one artist people will think others have to be in the same style, and that is not the case for me. Ma..."

I too love Brancusi. I love Miro, Rothko and Pollock. I also love Picasso sketches. I like Dada, more as a concept. Dali I tolerate.

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It is said that Andy Warhol kept a Picasso in his wardrobe. I said at the time I heard this that it was probably the most expensive stick book in history. (He pulled it out and went ohhh! masculine.)