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| One Heck Of An Obit |
| 2007-06-20 |
| Jörg Immendorff, who died on Monday aged 61, was Germany's best-known and most provocative artist, a close friend of the former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and, in 2003, the central figure in a sex scandal involving prostitutes and cocaine-fuelled orgies at a luxury hotel. In what became known as the Orgy of the Year, Immendorff was discovered naked having his nipples licked by a retinue of seven young filles de joie, while 11 grams of cocaine lay ready for consumption on a Versace ashtray nearby. Notwithstanding his exotic private life - he had also been a luminary of Dusseldorf's sadomasochistic scene - Immendorff was regarded by many critics as an original and vigorous artist of great complexity... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #15 The latter is quite interesting, Zenster. It was only at the third look that I realized my eye first went to the flowers, then had to fight upstream to land at the face framed by the umbrella behind it. I've never noticed experiencing anything like that before. Mike, if I ever have the money to indulge in art just for the kitchen, I'm going to find me some Alfredo Gomez fruit. His Plums is unexpectedly intense. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-20 23:53 |
| #14 If you like good realist painting, there's some nice stuff here: http://www.cordair.com/ |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-06-20 23:13 |
| #13 Where are the Rubens' or Rembrandts, or the Beethovens or Brahms, of our time? They still exist. Click on the link to see some works by the modern Spanish master Jose Royo. http://www.kavanaughgallery.com/Royo.html I particularly like this one: http://www.kavanaughgallery.com/Royoeljarron.html Art seems dead because a large portion of the consuming public has the esthetic discernment of a two year-old. One merely need consider how globally popular gangsta rap is to comprehend just how bad off things are. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-20 22:52 |
| #12 good catch Pappy, we boot-intel amateurs were /"we"...lol! >: |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-06-20 21:57 |
| #11 "The smoking swastika indicates that the matter is far from closed, be it in Germany or the malicious terrorism emanating from the Middle East. Evil takes root and flourishes when art and freedom of expression are censored." 'Surprising' how this was missed... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-06-20 21:40 |
| #10 If only he'd been born in the USA, he coulda been Bill Clinton's vice president . . . accent on the "vice" part. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-06-20 20:34 |
| #9 Mayhaps there was nothing else to lick, or not easily findable, or sumthing... |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-20 19:41 |
| #8 Just his nipples were licked? He didn't get his money's worth... ________________ Perplexed Borgboy |
| Posted by: borgboy2001 2007-06-20 19:25 |
| #7 Art is bunk. With apologies to Henry Ford. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-06-20 19:09 |
| #6 Now iss da time on Sprockets ven ve dance! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-06-20 16:45 |
| #5 Red Dawg, that would be worthy project, just that... art has nothing to do with it. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-20 16:31 |
| #4 having now then,... humm.. where are those applications for Fine Art grants. |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-06-20 16:25 |
| #3 Photography killed the Rubens, Rembrants and other painters leaving artists to head in the other direction. I'm not sure how any of this applies to Beethovens or Brahms as they were musicians and Beethoven was never the same after his visit to San Dimas mall. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-06-20 16:15 |
| #2 Right on, 2x4. A few years back, Derbyshire commented that most of the West has forgotten how to make great works of music and art, and that most of what passed for great art in the mid and late 20th century was noght but topical navel-staring and weirdness for its own sake, and would be forgotten or mocked by future societies (think Warhol's soup cans). I daresay this guy fits that bill quite well............... Where are the Rubens' or Rembrandts, or the Beethovens or Brahms, of our time? We've stopped making art that will be "classic". |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2007-06-20 15:10 |
| #1 artist of great complexity Meaning: self-indulgent, hedonistic, contributing nothing whatsoever POC, no one will miss him and in few years, he'll be forgotten as he never existed. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-20 14:59 |