Art

[ste d' indica]

I initially thought maritime theme. ball park figure cost, and it looks painted not powder coated?

200 quid, and definitely not painted, flash makes it look more full-on, its really subtle.

 

[jazzy]

For the first time in my life really, bar a brief period in my early 20s, I'm actually earning good money. Any disposable income for me has always gone on travel, vinyl, gigs, good beer, spirits and wine. Stuff for the house has been by necessity or nice, inexpensive bits and bobs to make a home. I've often admired art pieces but never been able to justify the outlay (or more accurately, just never had it).

When I saw this piece at an iron artist's foundry down on Bristol docks I decided, I'm having that:


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I loved it the moment I saw it. Sculpture is my thing more than paint, and the artist Joanna Williams fuses intricate creativity with the traditionally utilitarian world of blacksmithing. She has a proper forge and workshop and has done some serious commission work, Hampton Court for example.

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Fire Iron Art - Joanna Wiliams Artist Blacksmith

What caught me with this is the juxtaposition between the delicate structure and form of a lily but captured in forged iron. It seemed to encapsulate her work in one small piece. I particularly love the way she's tempered the petals so that become almost iridescent in sunlight.


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Every day since I've bought it, it's made me incredibly happy both as an object, unique in the world, and having chatted with Joanna for ages, understanding the work and love she put into it.

It's a beautiful piece. I can imagine that it brings you great joy.

 

[ClausThomsen]

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I think the overarching themes of ‘I Trapped Myself’ are ‘loss, threats to the environment, spirituality, labour and silenced histories’, so it’s not exactly a massive cheerer-upper. What it does brilliantly, though, is remind you that global environmental concerns, as articulated by activists and politicians, have a real human face and cost, and that even that articulation remains defined by colonialism.

And there you have the subjectivity of art.

To me it looks like some drunken bloke desperately trying to focus on trying to get the key in the door while his partner leans on the garage door trying to hold a pee in.

 

[Bedfordblue]

And there you have the subjectivity of art.

To me it looks like some drunken bloke desperately trying to focus on trying to get the key in the door while his partner leans on the garage door trying to hold a pee in.

Tbf I copy/pasted that from t’internet ??‍

 

[Abertonian]

Former art forger John Myatt did his own version of 'Nighthawks' (below). I always found it amazing that he flooded the art world with a couple hundred forgeries and a lot of them, he says, were made using normal house paints that you'd buy from a DIY store, and nobody noticed.

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He used to have a few programmes on Sky Arts, great stuff. Always found it amusing that he probably made more money doing legitimate fakes and TV programmes after he got out of prison.

 

[4737carlin]

 

[ically]

We went to the Groeninge Museum in Bruges a couple of years ago and the below portrait by Pieter Pourbus in 1551 blew my mind and will always stay with me,
The pic won’t do it justice but it really was beautiful, totally mesmerising.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Was it his 'Simon Schama’s Power of Art' series? I'm going to give it a watch over the next few days.

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Did you give this a whirl?

 

[Cels]

Did you give this a whirl?

Yep, didn't really enjoy it as much as I had hoped. I found some of the dramatisation to be a bit of a distraction, to be honest. Vincent van Gogh is one of my favourite artists, but I struggled to watch the van Gogh episode through to the end.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Yep, didn't really enjoy it as much as I had hoped. I found some of the dramatisation to be a bit of a distraction, to be honest. Vincent van Gogh is one of my favourite artists, but I struggled to watch the van Gogh episode through to the end.

Fair enough, I liked the Rothko and Picasso eps tho

 

[davids]

My town won the Provincial Year of Art award but the pandemic put it on hold. Just kicking in now. This went up last week.

 

[Caolam]

Was in Paris a couple of years ago and went to The Louvre, I slightly shocked myself by how much I enjoyed it. I found the Caravaggio’s held the most interest for me. I am the least artistic person you could ever meet, can’t paint, can’t sing, can’t play an instrument, can’t act, nothing but found looking at the great masters very moving.

 

[Rita_Poon]

My town won the Provincial Year of Art award but the pandemic put it on hold. Just kicking in now. This went up last week.

Tommye joke here but I'm to tired to construct it, go...

 

[summerisle]

Also did propaganda posters during the war :

 

[bluejohn66]

MOONA Lisa