ASK LB: What's your favorite work of art? sticky
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Jeff M.
EARTH-616,
United States
15 posts
Member since: 07/09/2011
Mine is Picasso's Blue Nude
Not only because it's beautiful and thought provoking, but also because I have developed a sentimental attachment to it over the years.
posted Aug 6, 2011
Becky B.
2005,
United Kingdom
593 posts
Member since: 08/28/2010
I'm going to come along and ruin your beautiful examples with some postmodern art. I am a huge fan of postmodernism and sculpture.
My favourite piece of work that I've actually seen is Marc Quinn's Self
Those who don't know, it's a sculpture of the artist's head made entirely from his own blood. I've seen it a few times in the National Portrait Gallery now and I think the thing I like the most about it is watching other people and seeing their reaction when they realise what it is.
Or maybe Tracey Emin's Exploration of the Soul. That made me cry in the gallery although the boundaries between art and writing are blurred with that one.
It's difficult for me to choose my favourite piece of art ever. I have so many that I love.
Tracey Emin's No Chance
(I don't care how cliched it is, I love her!)
Antony Gormley's Horizon
There's loads more but I can't be bothered to go through them all now so that will do.
posted Dec 29, 2011
Clove B.
CHICAGO,
United States
785 posts
Member since: 01/02/2011
The Scream :)
posted Dec 30, 2011
Levi Philip K.
ENGLAND (THE CITY OF YORK),
United Kingdom
931 posts
OG since: 12/07/2009
The princes in the tower.
posted Mar 4, 2012
Ellis D.
S'TOON,
Canada
7606 posts
OG since: 12/13/2008
"Didn't uncle Richard say he wanted us to play hide and seek?......OH NO A DAGGER!"
posted Mar 4, 2012
Ellis D.
S'TOON,
Canada
7606 posts
OG since: 12/13/2008
"Freud's Perverse Polymorph" or "Bulgarian Child, Eating a Rat"
by Mr. Salvador Dali.
posted Mar 4, 2012
Ellis D.
S'TOON,
Canada
7606 posts
OG since: 12/13/2008
I have a woodcut print of that on my wall.
posted Mar 4, 2012
Levi Philip K.
ENGLAND (THE CITY OF YORK),
United Kingdom
931 posts
OG since: 12/07/2009
Come come my friend, tis pure speculation what really went down, although I do agree thats most probably what happened to the poor little dudes.
Good ole' medieval history, very facinating. Many a night I've spent on wikipedia reading up about it all, plus considering my hometown is here in York it couldn't be more apt for my love of history, hah.
posted Mar 5, 2012
Clove B.
CHICAGO,
United States
785 posts
Member since: 01/02/2011
posted Mar 5, 2012
Lhizette C.
HALLOWEENTOWN,
Philippines
621 posts
Member since: 08/28/2010
I love this painting and almost everything from Helnwein's The Murmur of the Innocents series.
posted Mar 5, 2012
Grace H.
MANCHESTER,
United Kingdom
5099 posts
OG since: 05/25/2009
i absolutely love kirstie cohen's landscapes
posted Mar 5, 2012
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
HELNWEIN IS SUCH A BADASS
I luvs him and have a huge paintingboner for him.
posted Mar 5, 2012
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
I can't really say I have a favorite individual piece... but I've definitely had the strongest emotional response to this work by Félix Gonzalez-Torres at the AIC:
I've been there twice and cried each time at the pile of candy. Read this description for why:
artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/152961
posted Mar 5, 2012
Lhizette C.
HALLOWEENTOWN,
Philippines
621 posts
Member since: 08/28/2010
IKR! Rarely do I come across someone who does realism so perfectly yet still be able to provide some equally thought-provoking subject matter... I love this guy. T.T
posted Mar 5, 2012
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
It's not simply realism, it's photorealism, and on a crazy-massive scale. I know for some huge projects (as in, theatre sets) he works with a studio, but IIRC a lot of his big canvases are still only the product of his own hand. To churn out so many of them = mind blown
posted Mar 5, 2012
Clove B.
CHICAGO,
United States
785 posts
Member since: 01/02/2011
I forgot about that one.
posted Mar 6, 2012
By Zakirah R.
CAPE TOWN,
South Africa
3 posts
Member since: 05/19/2011
Sandro Botticelli - The Birth of Venus*
posted Mar 7, 2012
Tatiana M.
Ukraine
12 posts
Member since: 08/29/2011
there are a lot works I am excited by and I can't name the only one picture, this is impossible, I think.
For example, I love all Dali and Da Vinci, they are different but both of them are genius. And also there are many modern artists and their works who deserve respect.
posted Mar 11, 2012
John G.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK,
United States
104 posts
Member since: 08/17/2011
I get to see this one by Jackson Pollock at Moma often so I will call it my favorite. I always find new beauty in it every time. Another would be Guernica by Picasso which I have been able to see once.
posted Mar 12, 2012
John G.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK,
United States
104 posts
Member since: 08/17/2011
It's certainly more than just a pile of candy. I recently saw a pile of candy at moma. All with the same silver wrappers and from the same artist. You could eat the candy if you wanted. I just too a piece home because I thought it was so beautiful. I didn't cry but certainly felt some emotion.
nyclovesnyc.blogspot.com/2011/11/silver-cellophane-wrapped-candy-art.html
posted Mar 12, 2012
Virginia V.
Europe
5 posts
Member since: 09/07/2011
Magritte!
revistacontratiempo.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/magritte-los-amantes.jpg?w=960
posted Mar 15, 2012
Nathaniel T.
MELBOURNE,
Australia
272 posts
Member since: 03/12/2011
Deidaras art: images.wikia.com/naruto/images/4/45/Deidara_C0_2.jpg
"True art... is an EXPLOSION!"
posted Mar 19, 2012
Karime L.
EL PASO,
United States
359 posts
OG since: 01/17/2010
This question is kind of the same as asking "what is your favorite song of all time?"
"what is your favorite color?"
"which Beatles song are you?"
I can't just pick ONE :/
posted Mar 21, 2012
Jennifer L.
THE WOODS,
United Kingdom
96 posts
Member since: 01/21/2012
Although there are many works of art I find simply mesmerising, my absolute favourite would have to be:
'A Wheatfield with Cypresses' (September 1889) by Vincent Van Gogh
Never has a painting provoked such emotion in me. The dramatic swirls in glorious impasto, the vivid colours. So bright and yet so fierce. I've visited it twice at the National Gallery in London, and each time it astounds me!
At the end of the day, it's a beautiful painting which can be enjoyed for what it is!
I adore the impressionists, particularly Van Gogh.
There are some beautiful pieces of art above!
posted Mar 27, 2012
Jennifer L.
THE WOODS,
United Kingdom
96 posts
Member since: 01/21/2012
These are absolutely stunning!
I wasn't familiar with her works before - and she's from my hometown, which is interesting.
The colours are beautiful. In amongst the turbulence, there's something calming in them. Lovely to look at.
posted Mar 27, 2012
Samantha M.
SYDNEY,
Australia
182 posts
OG since: 04/15/2010
There are so many, but anything Alphonse Mucha goes down well with me <3
posted Mar 27, 2012
Nathaniel T.
MELBOURNE,
Australia
272 posts
Member since: 03/12/2011
F50
posted Mar 29, 2012
Angelica G.
CALIFORNIA,
United States
94 posts
Member since: 09/13/2011
I can't pick a favorite, but I do blog about the art that I appreciate :)
If you wana see, check here:
enstasy-art.tumblr.com/
posted Apr 2, 2012
Yelle D.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES,
Philippines
150 posts
Member since: 03/09/2011
Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory =)
posted Apr 11, 2012
MJ K.
Switzerland
167 posts
Member since: 03/25/2012
That's a really tough question. I think for me it depends a lot on the mood I'm in and I'm able to get into a lot of things. But there is one piece of art in the back of my mind that has been there for some years now: Van Gogh's "Cypress"
kunstkopie.de/kunst/vincent_van_gogh/zypressen_.jpg
posted Apr 12, 2012
Markus H.
MUNICH,
Germany
1 posts
Member since: 03/20/2012
My favourite one is "Nu descendant un escalier no. 2" by Marcel DuChamp. I'd love to see it one time!
cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/20/2052/7KO4D00Z/poster/duchamp-marcel-akt-eine-treppe-heruntergehend-nr-2-1912.jpg
posted Apr 16, 2012
Bernadette P.
SAN JOSE, CA,
United States
76 posts
OG since: 05/24/2010
I'm definently a fan if Retna, the graffiti artist! Google him and his murals!!
posted Apr 18, 2012
Angelica G.
CALIFORNIA,
United States
94 posts
Member since: 09/13/2011
I have an art appreciation blog :)
This is all the art I appreciate
enstasy-art.tumblr.com/
posted Apr 23, 2012
Reetta V.
Finland
40 posts
Member since: 02/15/2012
Helmut Newtons photos!
posted 29 days ago
Solihin U.
NEAR SIR MAHADI'S, QUSYAIRI, SU'AIDI'S HOUSES,
Malaysia
35 posts
OG since: 05/20/2009
umm... does work of art here refer to visual arts only?
posted 28 days ago
Evelina G.
LOS ANGELES,
United States
3 posts
Member since: 04/14/2012
Anything by Leonardo
posted 28 days ago
Mil R.
MANILA,
Philippines
14 posts
Member since: 05/01/2012
check out my boy's artworks: jicuy.tumblr.com/
he's a great artist, i guarantee :)
posted 11 days ago
Levi Philip K.
ENGLAND (THE CITY OF YORK),
United Kingdom
931 posts
OG since: 12/07/2009
I'm not a royalist (despite my fascination with the medieval monarchy) But there's something I love about this 16th century portrait of Queen Elizabeth I
posted 10 days ago
Stephanie D.
THE OUTSIDE OF EVERYTHING TO THE INSIDE OF YOU,,
United States
599 posts
Member since: 09/28/2010
Beware if you click this link! Kate Clark sculptures: kateclark.com/sculpture012.html
posted 10 days ago
Tara M.
Australia
22 posts
Member since: 05/14/2012
I have so many favorites from a lot of artists.
One of them is Audrey Kawasaki's 'My Dishonest Heart'
Soft and beautiful
posted 3 days ago
Odalis M.
NEW MEXICO,
United States
7 posts
Member since: 02/13/2011
Van Gogh's
The Starry Night
posted 2 days ago
Tyler A.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
2 posts
Member since: 07/18/2011
[img]upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Raffael_020.jpg/300px-Raffael_020.jpg[/img]
Flawless artist, flawless subject, flawless use of contrapposto.
Just flawless.
*gushes*
posted 7 hours ago