hausboy
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ORIGINAL: hausboy same here.... understood--two completely different genres.....kind of like asking if you like escargots and tacos in the same sentence.... my favorite ones though do not focus on the figures--I agree--don't like how he treats the figures. I saw "Gas" recently at the MOMA (the web images don't do it justice....true for most paintings anyway) and it was the pumps and the shadow that just mesmerized me. I absolutely love his treatment of light on architecture. The way he manipulates light on architecture is reminiscent of how Caravaggio uses light and the figure. you're right, it is something like that. ^_^ haha Gas is a nice one, i agree -- the pumps have an almost odd amount of presence, like they're coming out into your own space. i would really like to see some of his work in person because that might change my opinion, but i dunno. i like the way his style gets super crisp as he goes along, though sometimes the crispness zaps the energy. the spaces feel more alive than the figures in them in some ways... a lot of the lighthouse paintings are beautiful, though -- those are focused on the architecture, and while some of his work feels like it's choked off, the lighthouse ones feel like fresh air and openness and breathing; it's an interesting contrast of feeling. "Gas" is breathtaking to see on the wall. I bet you'd also like "Sunday morning" which is also one of my faves. His work has been subject to overexposure in the mainstream, but I promise you that just like Rothko's-- once you see it before you, and feel the electricity emanating from within it-- they will take on a whole new life. Had this experience with Dali. Same too with O'Keefe's cowskulls and cloud pantings. In the textbooks and on slides, they generated no response from me. But once I experienced New Mexico skies and saw the places that inspired her work....and then re-visited the paintings in person, at her museum, they blew me away. I admit.... I realize we're hijacking the I admit thread with an art discussion...but it seems harmless enough. If it starts to annoy folks, I'll start a new thread...
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