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No. 502540

Didn’t see a thread for this, so I thought I would give it a shot. Discuss contemporary art of the last 100 years- what you like, what you think garbage, and everything in between. All styles, movements and genres welcome.

Contemporary art could be broadly defined as art shown in galleries and museums as opposed to commission commercially, but a certain amount of overlap definitely exists.

This is separated from the game industry discussion/Illustration art salt thread.

No. 502542

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I’ve been revisiting 60-70s art recently included the Japanese psychedelic inspired movement. My favorite artist out of them is probably Aquirax Uno.

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>>502542
good thread op

Idk why but I really like soviet cartoons from the 70s and 80s

No. 502584

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I love superflat

No. 502586

>>502542
>>502563
Why did it seem like the 60s-80s (and 90s) were so damned creatively inspired… man

No. 502590

This will probably end up moved to /m/, just so you know.

No. 502591

>>502586
Recreational drug use.

No. 502651

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I’m obsessed with the golden age of illustration. I’m nothing but JC Leyendecker’s little bitch, hoping to due several studies of his art soon.

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>>502591

The soviets anons artists probably wouldn’t have done drugs tho

Here’s a some drawings by Marjorie Cameron, she was an costume designer and artist who was involved with an occult lounge in the 50s in Los Angeles that included a rocket scientist and future Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard. I love how she uses lines. (1/2)

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(2/2)

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>>502651
Same! His brother did awesome work too, pic related

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>>502667
Yes, thank you anon, Cameron was the shit. She was an otherworldly woman and that energy radiates through her art so much.

As for what I think is garbage, I know this barely qualifies as last 100 years, but I never understood the hype around Modigliani. I kinda enjoy his early work but from 1916 onwards it’s all naive, pretentious, same-looking bullshit. There’s a reason he never made it big before he died and I don’t think that’s because his nudes were too scandalous at the time.

Not to mention he was a shitty person, who married a 19-year-old girl while in his late thirties and was abusive to her.

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Since were talking about illustrators, a favorite of mine is Maxfield Parrish.

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>>502542

This looks really cool, anon. Do you have suggestions for reading material or artists of this style? I would love to learn more about it.

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There's a current exhibition going around the world about Ishida Tetsuya, a Japanese painter (1973-2005). It first started in Museo Reina Sofia and moved to Chicago. I wonder if they'll do more shows in other places. I went to see it and his work is even more beautiful up close.

His work is filled with real existential dread and nihilism, but it's also absurd and humorous? I love it and I can fangirl about his technical skills all day.

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>>502724
there aren't too many good quality photos of his work and it's a shame because they're brilliant in real life.

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>>502724
This is one of my favorite close-ups I took of a painting. IDK, the textures here mesmerize me.

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>>502722
Google tadanori yokoo, keichii tanaami, belladonna of sadness and the short films of Shuji terayama (I think there are some on YouTube). Also I think Takato Yamamoto has some that vibe but he’s contemporary.

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>>502540
Contemporary art isnt the last 100 years. Modernity begins mid 19th century, then you have modernism mid 20th century. Contemporary art is the last 30-40 years, more or less.

Pic attached is one of my favourite sculptors, John Chamberlain. He is of course, critically acclaimed but I do feel like any time I discuss him with someone (peers, professors, parents, friends), they all dislike him. So I was stoked when Dan Graham told me he loves Chamberlain because he was the only one (at his time) to truly understand how contemporary design correlated to art. I don't agree with that particulary statement but I still love him.
He did a lot of pieces where he would deconstruct cars, motorcycles, etc, and re-arrange them in sculptures. There's something incredibly dirty and at the same time clean about his work. And who doesnt love a bit of melted plexiglass, after all?

No. 503169

How do you guys find new artists or works? I'm not sure where to look and I live in a small uncultured town.

No. 503170

>>503169
Tumblr is unironically great for finding art

No. 503172

>>503169
Try artsy, if you like something they will also show similar artists

No. 504908

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I like this sculptural painting style from Tamara de Lempicka

No. 504966

>>504908
I love her. She's what Mayakovsky was for poetry and what brutalism was to architecture.



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