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Art News

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:31 am
by Rutabaga
Seen any good art lately?

I am really looking forward to this: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... ate-modern

That image (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) is one of my favourite ever paintings; it stopped me in my tracks the first time I saw it. Tanning was an amazing artist, challenging and well ahead of her time.

Re: Art News

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:45 am
by Rocky
Wow!! Those look interesting.....and remind me a bit of my dream last night. I think I might pay it a visit. Thanks for flagging up

Re: Art News

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:10 pm
by Dunckel
I hope to make it down to Buck House later in the summer to see the Royal Collection's exhibition of more than 200 Da Vinci sketches, it should be a corker.

https://www.rct.uk/about/press-office/p ... i-from-the#/

Re: Art News

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 9:31 am
by Rutabaga
Two months after feeling excited about the Dorothea Tanning exhibition, and having forgotten all about it in between due to being distracted by life events, I am actually going to see it next week, before it closes.

Re: Art News

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 9:09 pm
by Rutabaga
Anyone like to hazard a guess as to who this is?
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Re: Art News

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 9:12 pm
by Iris
Spoiler
Show
Victoria Wood.
(I did recognise it, but I did also check)

Re: Art News

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 9:32 pm
by Dunckel
Rutabaga wrote:
4 years ago
Anyone like to hazard a guess as to who this is?

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I heard about it on the radio news earlier.

It was also likened to Wendolene from Wallis & Gromit

Re: Art News

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 10:26 pm
by Rutabaga
I suppose it is an approximation of what she looked like, but I don't much like it.

Re: Art News

Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 10:06 pm
by Sonic Budgie
Rutabaga wrote:
4 years ago
Anyone like to hazard a guess as to who this is?

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Done by the same bod as this one by the looks;
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Re: Art News

Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 10:10 pm
by Joan
Is that the David Beckham who visits me in my nightmares?

(<Google image search>: Ah, no)

Re: Art News

Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 10:30 am
by Rutabaga
The sculptor of Victoria Wood also did Eric Morecambe, and Laurel and Hardy. I think they are better likenesses, but they still seem slightly crude compared to, say, Gillian Wearing's tender portrait of Millicent Fawcett.
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Re: Art News

Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 10:34 am
by Iris
You can buy your own scale model of the Wood statue. Only £1500...

https://www.bury.gov.uk/vic

Apparently she rather liked the sculptor's works. It takes all sorts.

Re: Art News

Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 11:12 am
by Rutabaga
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The Dorothea Tanning exhibition at Tate Modern was absolutely worth a visit. I've always liked her work, but now I realise that I only really knew about part of it. As well as her early meticulously painted little oils beloved of the Surrealists, and the soft fabric constructions that are strangely disturbing, she also made huge dreamy canvases that reveal more and more details the more you look at them. She seems to have lived a happy and very creative life (I had forgotten that she was married to Max Ernst), and she died at 101!
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Re: Art News

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:35 am
by Rutabaga
If you're having a bit of a bad day this guy is the perfect antidote - what a street art hero. He paints exquisite miniatures on discarded chewing gum, all commemorating people and events that have been requested by passers-by. And he does all sorts of other inspiring stuff as well. And he's got an antique Pashley, apparently. (You can bung him a coffee fiver through the link at the end of the article.)
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... ben-wilson

Re: Art News

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:45 am
by The Real Ravenhurst
Lovely.