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W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by billhike:
Went to the Picasso museum in Barcelona today. I'm by no means knowledgable about fine art, but the man was prolific if nothing else.



Bill, I look forward to reading all about your trip. Sounds like you are having a grand time.

Picasso, the greatest artist since the High Renaissance, and glad you saw a few of his 50,000 works.
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by ThistlinTom:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
We bought two new works this week, and may pick up one more today.

We really need to stop as we have far more than we can ever display, but nothing gives me more joy than art. Cool

How do you feel about having a W&A art wing in Scottsdale or Utah?


I like the Scottsdale idea! Cool
T thistlintomMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by ThistlinTom:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
We bought two new works this week, and may pick up one more today.

We really need to stop as we have far more than we can ever display, but nothing gives me more joy than art. Cool

How do you feel about having a W&A art wing in Scottsdale or Utah?


I like the Scottsdale idea! Cool


Please submit photos of proposed artworks for the Scottsdale wing of the W&A art collection. Allow 2-4 weeks of review by the Scottsdale Board of Directors for appropriateness of the artworks for display.
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The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Today is the birthdate of in my opinion the greatest painter ( not artist) the world has ever known. Diego Velazquez would have been 416 today. Cool

I don't know, when we're talking about painters remember what Franz Liebkind said, "Hitler... there was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in ONE afternoon! TWO coats!"
J jdwestMember
Dropped into the Franklin Bowles gallery in New York this past weekend and spent an hour with Matt Hannan, one of the consultants there, viewing the current exhibition along with some of the artists they represent and have on display.

The current exhibition is by Gottfried Salzmann, an Austrian artist, whose current exhibition is really impressive. He does some collage work, but the pieces that impressed me the most were from a series of watercolors of New York from the perspective of a helicopter. Beautiful pieces that kept me going back and discovering more each time I walked by. Being relatively naive in art and with a few watercolor painters in my family who have focused on wide sweeping natural landscapes, I've always associated watercolor with these types of scenes. But the detail Salzmann is able to achieve in these paintings is incredible and really opened my mind to where watercolor can be used.

One of the artists they rep is Eduardo Arranz-Bravo, a Spanish artist, who spent time painting with Miro. Being a huge fan of Miro, I was deeply impressed with Arranz-Bravo's pieces, which show some influence of Miro, but tend to explore more deeply the shades of the palate he is using, while using similar techniques to draw the eye to specific areas with hints of color or light. We are seriously considering the purchase of a piece of his that we loved and would like to have in our home.

The gallery also has some more minor Matisse, Picasso, Dali and Miro pieces. Matt was terrific and it was a pleasure to spend an hour with him learning about the Arranz-Bravo and Salzmann.

If you are in Soho, its certainly worth a drop in to see the current exhibition and some of the works of the artists they rep.
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
I was at an art event last night, and much of the buzz was around all the post-war art that has been acquired recently for the soon to be opening Broad Museum. These new purchases and their already stunning holdings should make for a special opening.

A few of the names I heard were, Twombly, Wool, Longo and Baldessari.

Sept. 20th. Let me know when you're coming.
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
I was at an art event last night, and much of the buzz was around all the post-war art that has been acquired recently for the soon to be opening Broad Museum. These new purchases and their already stunning holdings should make for a special opening.

A few of the names I heard were, Twombly, Wool, Longo and Baldessari.

Sept. 20th. Let me know when you're coming.


On my radar for sure. Not only for the art, but the building as well.
S seaquamMember
We spent a few interesting hours today mainly enjoying the Alex Colville exhibit in the National Gallery in Ottawa. The attention to detail in his works is slightly reminiscent of Norman Rockwell, but a bit fuzzier. There's also an element of discomfort in most of his paintings, and sometimes it takes a bit of time to discover the source. Fascinating, but also a bit challenging I think.
vintvintMember
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Originally posted by Seaquam:
We spent a few interesting hours today mainly enjoying the Alex Colville exhibit in the National Gallery in Ottawa. The attention to detail in his works is slightly reminiscent of Norman Rockwell, but a bit fuzzier. There's also an element of discomfort in most of his paintings, and sometimes it takes a bit of time to discover the source. Fascinating, but also a bit challenging I think.

Your comments closely mirror mine.
S seaquamMember
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Originally posted by VinT:
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Originally posted by Seaquam:
We spent a few interesting hours today mainly enjoying the Alex Colville exhibit in the National Gallery in Ottawa. The attention to detail in his works is slightly reminiscent of Norman Rockwell, but a bit fuzzier. There's also an element of discomfort in most of his paintings, and sometimes it takes a bit of time to discover the source. Fascinating, but also a bit challenging I think.

Your comments closely mirror mine.



I think we'll have a train and a horse to discuss in a couple of weeks then. And please bring your photo of w+a's new acquisition.
vintvintMember
Between bouts of fine wine quaffing and stuffing ourselves with great food in Montreal this past weekend, we made time for two gallery visits. Musée des Beaux-Arts has a remarkable Rodin exhibition featuring 300 works, many never before seen in North America. I now have a greater appreciation of just what a creative force Rodin really was. Also on display was a 40+ year retrospective of works by Montreal artist Marion Wagschal, with whom we were unfamiliar before this show. Fascinating work whose dreamy qualities seemed influenced by Chagall, Goya and more than a touch of Lucien Freud. Highly recommended.

Our other visit was to view David Altmejd's fantastical constructs at Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal. After a few hours in the company of these surreal, painstakingly assembled works, some filling entire rooms, I'm certain our brains were sore from being stretched in so many new directions. Lots of fun as long as I'm not asked to interpret what it all means. Smile
sunnylea57sunnylea57Member
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Originally posted by VinT:
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Originally posted by Seaquam:
We spent a few interesting hours today mainly enjoying the Alex Colville exhibit in the National Gallery in Ottawa. The attention to detail in his works is slightly reminiscent of Norman Rockwell, but a bit fuzzier. There's also an element of discomfort in most of his paintings, and sometimes it takes a bit of time to discover the source. Fascinating, but also a bit challenging I think.

Your comments closely mirror mine.

We took in the show twice during its Toronto run. I've always admired Colville's work and it was a thrill to see such a comprehensive retrospective. We always go early in the day when the gallery is relatively empty so we can spend time with each painting without constant distractions.

Colville's work always struck me as a bit off-kilter, both in terms of style and content. His figures seem to be pasted into the frame like a collage. So many of them have no cast shadows:

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His stippled technique - not quite pointillism - also gives his paintings a surreal feel.

And then there's the content: he rarely shows faces. They're invariably turned away from the viewer, or have objects in front of their faces, or at the very least they're in profile, looking into the distance. I feel like a voyeur when I look at his paintings; the people in the paintings are unaware that I'm watching.

Then there are the exceptions - often self-portraits - which are the complete opposite, and the subject is staring down the viewer:

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robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
I love Colville's work. If you are a fan, Christopher Pratt from Newfoundland is much in the same vein. His wife Mary is a fantastic artist herself (and probably the more famous) but Christopher's work really speaks to me.

Amazing man as well. I had lunch with him a number of years ago at his studio in St. Mary's where he showed me a number of paintings he wasn't happy with, some of which were really wonderful. He was burning them one by one as we ate. It was heart wrenching.
S seaquamMember
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
I love Colville's work. If you are a fan, Christopher Pratt from Newfoundland is much in the same vein. His wife Mary is a fantastic artist herself (and probably the more famous) but Christopher's work really speaks to me.

Amazing man as well. I had lunch with him a number of years ago at his studio in St. Mary's where he showed me a number of paintings he wasn't happy with, some of which were really wonderful. He was burning them one by one as we ate. It was heart wrenching.


We were just talking about Mary Pratt a couple of days ago! Some of her works are currently displayed in the National Gallery in Ottawa-- jam jars that are remarkably realistic, like a very sharp photograph. We were pretty impressed, and went back to see them a second time before we left the gallery.
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