From Johannes Zits for Persona Volare EXPO
John Boyle - Face Off at Devil's Elbow 1982 Oil on canvas
Johannes Zits - Wrestling With Abstraction 2009 collage and acrylic on a digital output
In the future I have to do a big posting of John Boyle's paintings because at first sight, they are always so cringe inducing. (I've spent a lot of time in front of that painting pointing at parts of it and asking "why did he do that?")
I suspect that most of Boyle's stuff would look great as jpegs.
I don't know what to make of Mr. Boyle's work, and I kind of like it for that reason. It's not like anything else. His vision is eccentric and personal, and playful too and I like all those qualities.
Speaking of playful, that piece by Johannes is a lot of fun too.
the way John Boyle paints the skin texture and the fabric texture reminds me of pug dogs although they kind of seem electrical also. i like the movement in the folds of fabric and skin but they make me cringe as well. Johannes's doesn't make me cringe but implies a similar movement (although more of a flickering) with the pixelated stuff.
I have to admit, I've fallen in love with the crazy-assed Boyle painting.
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From Johannes Zits for Persona Volare EXPO
John Boyle - Face Off at Devil's Elbow 1982 Oil on canvas
Johannes Zits - Wrestling With Abstraction 2009 collage and acrylic on a digital output
- L.M. 5-09-2009 2:08 pm
In the future I have to do a big posting of John Boyle's paintings because at first sight, they are always so cringe inducing. (I've spent a lot of time in front of that painting pointing at parts of it and asking "why did he do that?")
I suspect that most of Boyle's stuff would look great as jpegs.
- L.M. 5-09-2009 2:12 pm
I don't know what to make of Mr. Boyle's work, and I kind of like it for that reason. It's not like anything else. His vision is eccentric and personal, and playful too and I like all those qualities.
Speaking of playful, that piece by Johannes is a lot of fun too.
- mister anchovy (guest) 5-09-2009 10:47 pm
the way John Boyle paints the skin texture and the fabric texture reminds me of pug dogs although they kind of seem electrical also. i like the movement in the folds of fabric and skin but they make me cringe as well. Johannes's doesn't make me cringe but implies a similar movement (although more of a flickering) with the pixelated stuff.
- myfanwy (guest) 5-10-2009 4:25 pm
I have to admit, I've fallen in love with the crazy-assed Boyle painting.
- L.M. 5-10-2009 6:34 pm