My painting of the day

[pinball]

William Blake - mental/visionary:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7787708.stm

[justerini]

This Titian which is in some museum in Scotland







http://www.sgallery.net/artnews/2008/08 ... -work.html

True story - after leaving University a friend and I got wind of these cushy jobs going at the National Galleries being warders (security guards), they were only meant to be for the summer but I stayed for almost 2 years. Amongst other things I got to dust the beautiful bottoms of Canovas Three Graces which not many people can claim to have had the privalege of doing. It was also where I become so fond of the Vision painting.
Anyhoo, one day a couple of Italians came in and asked me where they could find the Titziano paintings (as above) - it was Paulo Di Canio and some Serie A player (this was back in the good old days of Football Italia on C4 but I can't remember who it was now). At the time Di Canio was probably one of the most famous people in Scotland and it was great that he had chosen to come to the Gallery. Heart's French goalie Gilles Rousset also came in while I worked there.

Funnily enough I don't recall Mickey Weir or Stevie Fulton popping in at any time.

[pinball]

Aye, but them europeans are all soya-bean-eating-up-their-own-arses-art-school-wankers. Which is how they got to be paid thousands of quid a week to play footer.

[ricv64]

[Dickie]

Richard Dadd was judged insane after he murdered his father in 1843, and he was committed to Bethlem Hospital. When Dr. William Hood came to the hospital as its administrator in 1852, he saw that Dadd could profitably fill his time with painting and gave him the supplies he needed. The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke occupied the artist for nine years (1855-64), but the strange work has yet to be fully interpreted and explained.

[Ponyboy]

Funnily enough I don't recall Mickey Weir or Stevie Fulton popping in at any time.

Mickey Weir doesn't need to "pop in" anywhere,
as he's here, there and every f*cking where!

[justerini]

Funnily enough I don't recall Mickey Weir or Stevie Fulton popping in at any time.

Mickey Weir doesn't need to "pop in" anywhere,
as he's here, there and every f*cking where!

touche, have you got a Joe Tortalano song handy too?

[justerini]

Richard Dadd was judged insane after he murdered his father in 1843, and he was committed to Bethlem Hospital. When Dr. William Hood came to the hospital as its administrator in 1852, he saw that Dadd could profitably fill his time with painting and gave him the supplies he needed. The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke occupied the artist for nine years (1855-64), but the strange work has yet to be fully interpreted and explained.

interesting stuff Dickie - do you know if his work is ever exhibited?

[iFan]

another brilliant scottish artist. sj peploe. i became obsessed with his still lifes (round fruit with straight edges, like wow!) in the art gallery in kirkcaldy. it was where id go and sit while i was ticking school
have to say though, i wasnt trying to be sensitive and interesting. i just figured i was less likely to get caught there than in the shopping centre/chippy/arcade

[pinball]

another brilliant scottish artist. sj peploe. i became obsessed with his still lifes (round fruit with straight edges, like wow!) in the art gallery in kirkcaldy. it was where id go and sit while i was ticking school
have to say though, i wasnt trying to be sensitive and interesting. i just figured i was less likely to get caught there than in the shopping centre/chippy/arcade

v nice too. but fair to say he may have seen a few cezanne's in his time...

anyoe been to the gerhard richter exhibition - i'd very much like to see it - he's done some amazing stuff over the years. some of ye may recognise his stuff from a rather well known LP cover:

[Devotchik]

I'm not so hot on figurative stuff I prefer me abstracts..

Kenneth Noland - Transwest



Morris Louis - Alpha Pi

[pinball]

I'm not so hot on figurative stuff I prefer me abstracts..

Kenneth Noland - Transwest



Morris Louis - Alpha Pi

We have a nice Maurice Louis in Belfast Museum. Its poured from the top rather than diagonally from the sides. The way the colours all merge at the top is kinda cool.

[Devotchik]

We have a nice Maurice Louis in Belfast Museum. Its poured from the top rather than diagonally from the sides. The way the colours all merge at the top is kinda cool.

One of my mates did something similar for one of our modules.. she got some plastic guttering blocked one end of it and drilled some holes in it varying sizes and poured paint thru it.. turned out quite nice. I did some wax sculptures.. melted wax poured in to ice cold water.. threw up some interesting shapes.

Anyways.. I love the Gerhard Richter abstracts they have at the Tate which were inspired by John Cages music. Massive pieces so they are.. http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/?artworkID1=paintings&title=cage&n

[pinball]

We have a nice Maurice Louis in Belfast Museum. Its poured from the top rather than diagonally from the sides. The way the colours all merge at the top is kinda cool.

One of my mates did something similar for one of our modules.. she got some plastic guttering blocked one end of it and drilled some holes in it varying sizes and poured paint thru it.. turned out quite nice. I did some wax sculptures.. melted wax poured in to ice cold water.. threw up some interesting shapes.

Anyways.. I love the Gerhard Richter abstracts they have at the Tate which were inspired by John Cages music. Massive pieces so they are.. http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/?artworkID1=paintings&title=cage&n

I bought me wee brother (a print of) one of them when he bought his first house. Its only very wee though and you kinda need the scale to appreciate it.

[ricv64]

I'm not so hot on figurative stuff I prefer me abstracts..

Kenneth Noland - Transwest



Morris Louis - Alpha Pi

both those guys were art directed to hell from Clement Greenberg . He directed too much of it . Same with Helen Frankenthaler