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Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 2:16 am
by Shum
LumiNiscent wrote:This reminds me of an endless discussion I've been having with a mate of mine. He hates Mondriaan, while I love his work. Wonder how much an original Mondriaan would go for
One of his paintings was stolen earlier this year in Greece so keep your eyes on the black market.

Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 2:30 pm
by dubduck
Naan Bread wrote:No relation to topic except maybe as an example of highly emotive but relatively simple painting:

-so overwhelmingly depressing and euphoric at the same time.
I remember reading a blog post where it was compared to Burial which just makes so much sense.
Who's this by?
Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 2:58 pm
by leeany
Shum wrote:LumiNiscent wrote:This reminds me of an endless discussion I've been having with a mate of mine. He hates Mondriaan, while I love his work. Wonder how much an original Mondriaan would go for
One of his paintings was stolen earlier this year in Greece so keep your eyes on the black market.

Too bad I don't have any spare millions at the moment, you think they'll be willing to trade it for my copy of Eyez VIP ?
Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 6:04 pm
by Naan_Bread
dubduck wrote:Who's this by?
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 6:12 pm
by Pistonsbeneath
why do people insist on calling it 'work'
its a fucking painting...or paintjob even
Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 6:38 pm
by Genevieve
Pistonsbeneath wrote:why do people insist on calling it 'work'
its a fucking painting...or paintjob even
I thought that's wrapping your lips around and sucking on a tube of paint?
Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 7:05 pm
by dubduck
Naan Bread wrote:dubduck wrote:Who's this by?
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
cheers
Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 8:35 am
by slothrop
meanmrcustard wrote:As an aside, If we want to talk about overrated artists...Damien Hirst will always be top of my list (though I'll still probably go see his exhibition at the tate modern as I can go for free - always good to challenge your beliefs i guess)
As an aside, have you (or anyone) been to the Patrick Keiller thing at the Tate Britain? Interesting stuff - includes everything from Whistler to Constable to Gursky to random minimalist shit to lumps of meteorite. And it's free.
Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 1:37 pm
by Dr S Gachet
Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 1:56 pm
by Naan_Bread
LumiNiscent wrote:This reminds me of an endless discussion I've been having with a mate of mine. He hates Mondriaan, while I love his work. Wonder how much an original Mondriaan would go for
I have a love/hate thing with Mondrian. His very late stuff is great though. On the hard drive:

Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 2:07 pm
by AxeD
Love me some Mondriaan, man was born in my hometown actually
His pre States work is really nice too

Re: Most expensive piece of (post-war) art...
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:21 pm
by leeany
AxeD wrote:Love me some Mondriaan, man was born in my hometown actually
His pre States work is really nice too

I recently found out that he used to paint really, really near to my house, which is quite remarkable since I don't live in a very important/famous part of Amsterdam