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Post by foundation on Mar 8, 2008 14:04:18 GMT 1
I will throw my hat in  Had mine for a couple of years leumas, at £5 I have the sneaking suspicion it might not be real..... Must say I likes it though....  |
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Post by leumasdarnley on Mar 8, 2008 14:25:47 GMT 1
Garden of earthly delights. Bosch, cant believe this was painted in the 15th Century! Worth a trip to Madrid alone  I always thought Dali was really original until I saw this. did they have crack in the 15th century? Foundation I love that image if I wasn't so lazy I would get a shot aI took of a bathroom stall of HW really random..  |
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Post by coach on Mar 8, 2008 15:38:48 GMT 1
 slowmo, cant believe you chose that painting. it's my favorite piece of all time. in fact i think there was a thread months ago about our favorite piece of art, and i said this. it is an amazing image, and of course your pic only shows the main part of the tryptic cos there are doors that are painted too. if you are interested, there is a beautiful book published by prestel written by hans belting, just about this one painting. it contains some amazing close up photos of the details - images that you just cant take in when you look at the painting as a whole. anyway good call, my choice too. didnt mention it before cos still cant post pics. c
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Post by aspyhole on Mar 8, 2008 18:36:39 GMT 1
Would have to be this for me. All of his work is amazing in the flesh.  Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixtion,1944 haha - yeh, amazing - wasn't it the most expensive piece of 20th Century art ever sold though!?! |
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Post by aspyhole on Mar 8, 2008 18:38:34 GMT 1
Garden of earthly delights. Bosch, cant believe this was painted in the 15th Century! Worth a trip to Madrid alone beautiful. I am going to Madrid in a few days actually - in which gallery can I see this? Prado? Reina Sofia? I'm still thinking about my original! A |
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Post by gilsteph on Mar 8, 2008 19:14:20 GMT 1
haha - yeh, amazing - wasn't it the most expensive piece of 20th Century art ever sold though!?!Maybe, I just know I spent 20 minutes looking at it a few years ago. Love Bacons work.....would have any of it on my wall , not just the most expensive 
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Post by thwaites on Mar 8, 2008 19:39:54 GMT 1
This is such a tough one but the first thing that popped into my head was Richard Dadd's The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke:  The image doesn't do the painting justice, its amazing in the flesh. Highly detailed and tactile. It is also more appealing to me as the artist was declared insane and painted this whilst confined to Bethlem asylum. |
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Post by stuey09 on Mar 8, 2008 19:51:47 GMT 1
Thwaites, I like the picture, but the name of the work had me in stitches.
Fairy fellers Master Stroke.
Might be my sordid mind, but with a little imagination this title is a classic.
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Post by winter on Mar 8, 2008 20:19:26 GMT 1
This is probably the best thread on this forum. Beats the epic (and boring) Radar Rat sleeve thread that's for sure.
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Post by GD303uk on Mar 8, 2008 21:39:58 GMT 1
Amazing pic Thwaites it almost looks like it is stitched like an elaborate and very fine embroidery,
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Post by thwaites on Mar 8, 2008 22:00:11 GMT 1
I would definitely recommend going to see this in person at the Tate Britain. I was walking through there a few years ago and this painting completely caught my attention. It is painted in amazingly microscopic detail and the details surrounding its creation and the artist's mental state is really fascinating. I wrote my dissertation about the artist and would love to own a piece by him.
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Post by andrewd on Mar 8, 2008 23:38:28 GMT 1
Someone recently asked me to say what my favorite none street piece was. One of the answers was Richard Wilson's 20:50 I first saw it at boundary Road. It's amazing. |
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Post by cocteau101 on Mar 9, 2008 0:37:01 GMT 1
The Richard Dadd reminds me of some of Stanley Spencers "Cookham" pieces - massive works depicting village life.
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Post by dslug on Mar 9, 2008 0:43:29 GMT 1
The beheading of St John the baptist by Caravaggio. Think I may need to steal it from Malta though  I saw that in the flesh in Malta when I was working there in 2000 |
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Post by Whatson on Mar 9, 2008 1:39:23 GMT 1
 sorry for size Funny that you mention this. Walked by that piece just 8 hours ago Its amazing along with almost every piece Munch has painted. One of the 'The Scream' versions was also recently stolen along with Munch's 'Madonna' and one of them ended up with a 10 cm long rift in it :S Those sloppy robbers! Anyway. Back in the museum where everyone can enjoy it now! Good pick. I also love to see the diversity of styles people choose here. Great to see something other then streetart related pieces!! Keep em coming! |
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Post by chief on Dec 15, 2008 20:08:36 GMT 1
probably this but I change my mind all the time:  though I'm content having Coke Nights on Thriller on my wall. |
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Post by Guest on Dec 15, 2008 20:42:44 GMT 1
Just thinking in terms artists that do street work... the original of this. Actually any of the three would be nice, but this is my favourite. Who did get the original????? [a href="  "] [/a] |
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Post by Replete on Dec 15, 2008 20:46:18 GMT 1
I really couldnt narrow it down to one as I'd like to own pieces by Bacon, Dali, Klimt, Ashley Wood, Neate and a thousand other artists you'd never heard of but a postcard of this one by Quinten Massys always raises a smile still after being stuck on my studio wall for over a decade as it's just so unlikely in subject matter and beautifully painted ;D  |
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Post by Guest on Dec 15, 2008 21:19:41 GMT 1
mine would be Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Dali (if you squint you can see the image)  If however it was based on something that is more affordable, then it would be Burham Dogancay's - Cow Is Beef  |
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Post by singerstu on Dec 15, 2008 22:40:57 GMT 1
Just thinking in terms artists that do street work... the original of this. Actually any of the three would be nice, but this is my favourite. Who did get the original????? [a href=" "] [/a][/quote] It was meeee I must get it on the wall its been on my daughters bedroom floor for far too long  |
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Post by coach on Dec 15, 2008 22:46:58 GMT 1
Garden of earthly delights. Bosch, cant believe this was painted in the 15th Century! Worth a trip to Madrid alone I always thought Dali was really original until I saw this. Man of taste. That's my favorite painting of all time too. So ahead of it's time. There is a fantastic book published by Prestel which is just about this one painting, and has numerous close ups of all the strange goings on. Worth checking out Slowmo. c |
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Post by coach on Dec 15, 2008 22:50:11 GMT 1
Why are there so many old threads popping up? - just noticed I replied to this already in March. At least I was consistant.
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Post by raiden on Dec 15, 2008 22:55:59 GMT 1
Man! This is an impossible question Watson. There are just so many ways to go with this and then regret that you didn't pick some other work.
I'd pass on the Mona Lisa as its small and not very impressive. Plus too dry of a work for my taste.
I'd probably go with Guernica by Picasso.
Though also close on my list would be a couple of museum Basquiat paintings.
Its one of those questions where you'd have to fly around the world, sit with each for a second, and then choose - because each hits you so differently.
Other notable contenders:
Couple Several Dali's - the one in the playboy mansion possibly
Jackson Pollack - so many could make my list
Warhol's Bloody Marilyn (The one that the bullet that shot him went through - was owned by the Niarchos family)
Works in the last three years (If I was limited to that):
Paul Insect's coffee table at the Outsiders Exhibit would be an impulsive fun one
Several large pieces by Banksy, Choe, Micallef all are in the running
Hirst Formaldehyde Cow just to f**k with people
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Post by pauljunk on Dec 15, 2008 23:05:11 GMT 1
Anything by Marcel Dzama - His s**t is dope. He does these beautiful watercolors   |
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Post by plurker on Dec 16, 2008 12:10:31 GMT 1
Anything in the art world - this is the first painting that I really fell in love with when doing A-level art History. The Arnolifini Marriage by Jan van Eyck  For anything from an artist in the scene this board is about, I'd go for Blackstock II by Matt Small.  |
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Post by Guest on Dec 16, 2008 12:27:46 GMT 1
For me the giant 3M X 3M green Parla upstairs at his last exhibition at Elms. Blew me away.
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Post by funster on Dec 16, 2008 15:47:15 GMT 1
For me this is the original I would own if I could only own one -  Although the subject matter is strange the execution (no pun intended ) of the piece is outstanding. |
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Post by fool4faile on Dec 16, 2008 22:00:20 GMT 1
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