jasper
Good to see his paintings from the back looks as crappy as mine....
sdb
I don't agree that he's America's foremost living artist (whatever that means).
I believe you are in the minority Tom, I bet if you asked who is the 'whatever that means' most in the field would say JJ
Ha ha, well, one person's minority view is another's "beginning of a sensible reappraisal."
But who's your candidate, Tom?
After that we'll play Beatles or Stones. Although only the Stones are "living," Keef aside.
You guys are funny....
A) Who really gives a shit who is America's foremost......whatever...?
B) Im inclined of course to agree w Albert Oehlen who says Malcolm Morley is best living painter...not Richter...But he (Morley) is kinda English.....oh well...
C) Alex Katz...?
But i would take Johns....Simple fact that much of his recent...i.e. last 40(?) years of work are just really weird ass paintings...distinct from his original Flag/Target/Word based undeniable radical works...Like Dylan in a sense...
"Who really gives a shit who is America's foremost......whatever...?" is basically where I'm coming from.
I still remember the '70s when Johns and Rauschenberg were on the cover of Time and Newsweek simultaneously. (I forget who had which cover.) Rauschenberg's cover was captioned "The Joy of Art" and Johns' was "Superartist" (or Super Artist).
I can't vote for Rauschenberg but I think he was ultimately better/more important/foremost/more "super." More "Dylan," even.
I didn't like any of the Johns late work in the last retrospective I saw. It seemed visually inert and was fussing over old ideas. Maybe it got better. But it's still a lot of years of coasting.
Probably the best American artist is one we don't know about!
The best living artist is dead some say.....
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jasper
- dave 2-07-2018 1:08 pm
Good to see his paintings from the back looks as crappy as mine....
sdb
- anonymous (guest) 2-08-2018 9:03 am [add a comment]
I don't agree that he's America's foremost living artist (whatever that means).
- tom moody 2-08-2018 9:30 am [add a comment]
I believe you are in the minority Tom, I bet if you asked who is the 'whatever that means' most in the field would say JJ
- Skinny 2-08-2018 12:54 pm [add a comment]
Ha ha, well, one person's minority view is another's "beginning of a sensible reappraisal."
- tom moody 2-08-2018 6:53 pm [add a comment]
But who's your candidate, Tom?
- alex 2-08-2018 7:54 pm [add a comment]
After that we'll play Beatles or Stones. Although only the Stones are "living," Keef aside.
- alex 2-08-2018 7:55 pm [add a comment]
You guys are funny....
A) Who really gives a shit who is America's foremost......whatever...?
B) Im inclined of course to agree w Albert Oehlen who says Malcolm Morley is best living painter...not Richter...But he (Morley) is kinda English.....oh well...
C) Alex Katz...?
But i would take Johns....Simple fact that much of his recent...i.e. last 40(?) years of work are just really weird ass paintings...distinct from his original Flag/Target/Word based undeniable radical works...Like Dylan in a sense...
- anonymous (guest) 2-08-2018 10:45 pm [add a comment]
"Who really gives a shit who is America's foremost......whatever...?" is basically where I'm coming from.
I still remember the '70s when Johns and Rauschenberg were on the cover of Time and Newsweek simultaneously. (I forget who had which cover.) Rauschenberg's cover was captioned "The Joy of Art" and Johns' was "Superartist" (or Super Artist).
I can't vote for Rauschenberg but I think he was ultimately better/more important/foremost/more "super." More "Dylan," even.
I didn't like any of the Johns late work in the last retrospective I saw. It seemed visually inert and was fussing over old ideas. Maybe it got better. But it's still a lot of years of coasting.
Probably the best American artist is one we don't know about!
- tom moody 2-09-2018 4:00 pm [add a comment]
The best living artist is dead some say.....
- Skinny 2-09-2018 5:04 pm [add a comment]