Favorite Contemporary Artists or Artworks

[Project Willow]

Hanneline Røgeberg

(Although the photos are poor, which is sad, they're her photos.)

[annie aronburg]

[Jeff]

Greg Curnoe

[Allegro]

[annie aronburg]

[Project Willow]

Annie, did you see Attila Richard Lukacs at Diane Farris in VA? She used to represent Hanneline as well. She is closing her gallery this month.

[annie aronburg]

You had me stumped with the VA there. Virginia? Veteran's Administration? I think you must mean Vancouver.

I remember Richard from his final days at Emily Carr.

[Canadian_watcher]

Meghan Hildebrand

[Nordic]

C_W, I like your stuff better than anything I've seen posted in this thread so far.

[MacCruiskeen]

George Shaw:







I've archived some articles about him in the Data Dump.

[MacCruiskeen]

Also: Boyd & Evans, especially their earlier, stranger and less astoundingly 'perfect' work.

" 'There is a large element of play in making art.' About the time we started working together we heard/read Harold Pinter say something similar to this quote. We tried putting pictures of two disparate people in a space to see what would happen, and that was how we found our language. It formed one of the two foundation stones of our partnership.

The other was Rene Magritte. Looking at the world through the filter of his work, moments in everyday life began to look just as startling. So, someone looking up over their shoulder became dazzlingly strange and complex as they made a physical connection between the earth and the sky, appearing simultaneously optimistic and apprehensive. There was already a story both factual and emotional. We attempt to collect such moments with a camera.


Here and There (1986). Oil on canvas.

Narrative Painting in Britain in the 20th Century, at the Camden Arts Centre in 1970, was the first public exhibition to show our work. Since then 'narrative' has been the one label we would accept without flinching. We do not like being referred to as realists, whether hyper-, super-, photo-, or just plain. Reality is so different from a picture. There is never any confusion. 'Pictorial' would be better, 'representational' quite good enough.

Representation is a language, and as such can lie and fantasize. Although most of our pictures represent credible situations there is no rule, and we often play with surreal spaces and situations."

- Boyd & Evans, 1996

http://www.artinfo.com/artists/profile/668/-boyd-evans/

Evidence: Wind (1974) Acrylic on canvas.


Clee Hill Summer (2010). Oil on canvas.

[barracuda]

Carmen Herrera






Jeanne Dunning






Jen Stark






Gerhard Richter








Todd Schorr




And, of course, Lynn Schirmer.

[Project Willow]

And, of course, Lynn Schirmer.

Someone finally understood the purpose of this thread.



John Grade








Steven Hudson

[Canadian_watcher]

he he.. thanks Nordic!

[semper occultus]

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