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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Bourdelle v. Bourgeois

Today was scheduled to see the third round contest between the winners of Archipenko v. Arcimboldo and Fra Angelico v. Anguissola. While Arcimboldo ran away with the former contest, however, Anguissola and the Fra ended up in a dead heat -- YOUR VOTE COUNTS!  That puts this bracket on hold.


We'll use the Tuesday spot for a rare off-weekend first-round pairing, as Antoine Bourdelle throws down against Louise Bourgeois!!!
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Antoine Bourdelle
1861 - 1929
French




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Louise Bourgeois
1911 - 2010
French; worked in the United States




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Vote for the artist of your choice!  Votes go in the comments.  Commentary and links to additional work are welcome.  Polls open for at least one month past posting.
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17 comments:

  1. pfly1:45 AM, April 03, 2012

    I had never heard of either (nice how this tournament is introducing me to artists I hadn't known of), and while Bourdelle's archer is nice, Bourgeois's giant spider is wow. Searching for more turns up lots of variations on the spider (and/or the piece has moved around a lot), but other interesting works too. Chalk one up for Louise!

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  2. Christine M.4:03 AM, April 03, 2012

    Bourgeois

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  3. Morgan6:56 AM, April 03, 2012

    Not that enthusiastic of either, but I'll vote Bourdelle.

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  4. Elizabeth10:23 AM, April 03, 2012

    Bourgeois, who is not at all.

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  5. dhkendall4:56 PM, April 03, 2012

    Having not, as far as I know, voted the first time, I should probalby vote this time.

    And I can see why it's a dead heat! For both artists, I don't care for the first work at all, but the second is good. On that note (and because I'm too lazy to see the works represented when they were up before - maybe a suggestion to include the previous matchups when the artist comes up again the the IAT, just a thought?) I'll go for Bourgeois, the spider-thing is more cooler.

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  6. dhkendall4:57 PM, April 03, 2012

    Err, the parenthetical remark in the second paragraph basically means that I'm too lazy to find the previous postings on them, and suggest to link to the previous postings when they appear again, I think I missed out a crucial word or two there ...

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  7. UnwiseOwl6:59 PM, April 03, 2012

    Bourdelle. That's an impressive beard.

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  8. chuckdaddy10:55 PM, April 03, 2012

    Go spiderwoman!

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  9. Jenners6:17 AM, April 04, 2012

    Bourgeois … how can you not vote for that spider thingy!?

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  10. lamanyana6:24 AM, April 04, 2012

    Bourgeois! Spiky!

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  11. Nichim7:47 AM, April 04, 2012

    Bourdelle. Reminds me of Rodin, who made sculptures of people that I actually like. Oh wait, is that actually a bust of Rodin?

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  12. mrs.50002:58 PM, April 06, 2012

    I'll go with Louise Bourgeois. Though I like that archer.

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  13. sphi3008:49 AM, April 07, 2012

    Bourgeois

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  14. Michael50002:41 PM, April 11, 2012

    Bourgeois for me. I can not indeed not vote for that spider thingy.

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  15. Michael50002:06 PM, April 14, 2012

    A mail-in vote for Bourgeois, with complements to the spider.

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  16. Candida7:46 AM, April 15, 2012

    It has to be Bourgeois. Who doesn't love a comblike headboard? And I've seen the spider, too (not in real life), and it gets a visceral inward shriek. So, a classic example of art I don't want myself, but the concept is, I think, effective.

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  17. Michael50008:08 AM, June 16, 2012

    Voting is closed in this matchup, with Bourgeois advancing easily to Round 2.

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