Hang on, Matthew. You need to name the previous unsolved one first. The one that's mostly black, in the current case.
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Hang on, Matthew. You need to name the previous unsolved one first. The one that's mostly black, in the current case.
Thanks for letting us know, it wasn't for lack of trying on my part.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Just to confirm, the current challenge painting is Mark’s as seen in post 538.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
At first blush, it appears to be pieces of Chinese food on black velvet, or at least the lowest object looks similar to crab Rangoon. hmmm...
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People are reminded to post clues if no one can find the painting.
Also, if more than 2 days go by, i suggest we move to a new one ;)
The artist was a paramour of Tracey Emin - but I like him despite that.
His name will be on that tent then.
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Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Mark's mystery "painting" (photograph) is titled:
"Burning Flowers I" by Mat Collishaw
We'll go with Matthew's painting for the next challenge:
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Originally Posted by MatthewFarlow
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Originally Posted by Kyriakos
I think two days is too little. Many people come here less often than that - and even having seen a picture, it could take a couple of days to think about it, mentally catalogue it and perhaps research it.
What's the hurry? A week, I'd say.
By the way - well done, GG.
How about three days for a clue? If a week passes by the thread may die out :)
George Inness
“The Erie and Lackawanna Railroad”
1855
A few more by our mystery artist:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/...78730d09_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/...e570da26_z.jpg
Ellen Altfest
The first one is "Butt"
I began my search with "crack kills", but no luck, then I tried "paintings of plumbers crack" which dredged up a whole lot of uncomfortable images.
The second and third images; "Rotted Gourd" and "Green Gourd" was the trick. I searched "paintings of rotted gourd" and there it was on the first page!
I found it interesting how she utilized wood flooring or deck in each of the paintings. Wiki describes her work as being "noted for its precision and trompe l'oeil accuracy".
Going with the trompe l'oeil theme, here is the next mystery painting:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...nting01_19.jpg
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Far too easy. This is a painting of figures behind the parapet from Paolo Veronese's Sala dell'Olimpo in the Villa Barbaro:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/...bafb1f91_b.jpg
I'm a huge fan of Venetian painting... Titian, Bellini, Giorgione, Tintoretto, and Veronese. One of the greatest schools of painting to ever exist.
Ellen Altfest
The first one is "Butt"
I began my search with "crack kills", but no luck, then I tried "paintings of plumbers crack" which dredged up a whole lot of uncomfortable images.
The second and third images; "Rotted Gourd" and "Green Gourd" was the trick. I searched "paintings of rotted gourd" and there it was on the first page!
I found it interesting how she utilized wood flooring or deck in each of the paintings. Wiki describes her work as being "noted for its precision and trompe l'oeil accuracy".
Altfest is clearly influenced by Lucian Freud... who may be the single most influential artist at the moment. I can easily think of a half-dozen rather well-known artists whose work is undeniably indebted to Freud. Freud employs a similar color scheme... that rather "dead" English color that Howard Hodgkin rails against... noting that the English assume anything brightly colored lacks seriousness as art. There is also a similar handling of paint and use of the floorboards:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/...4cd0770a_z.jpg
Our new mystery painting:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5047/...b716d93f_b.jpg
Villa Barbaro is a particular favorite of mine among Palladio’s villas along with Villa Capra in Vicenza. I recall constructing a basswood model of Villa Barbaro as part of an architecture school assignment. I remember visiting Villa Capra, though the frescoes there are the work of Alessandro and Giovanni Battista Maganza and Anselmo Canera.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
Now to your challenge - “Far too easy”, especially when the artist’s name is fairly prominent in the lower right corner.
Sorry St. Lukes, I couldn’t resist the temptation to glance at it.
Antonio Lopez Garcia - “Membrillero 1961”. The texture of the leaves and fruit is interesting, like velour, suspended against a backdrop of stars (?).
Would you like to select another one St. Lukes?
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