Phase One Rules:
- You may cast votes for up to four artists.
- One vote per artist per person.
- Since play-in artists were nominated by your peers in the IAT community, including myself, courteous and affirmative voting is in order
- Which is to say, no baggin' on the aesthetic sensibilities of the nominators.
- Full rules, procedures, and anticipated timeline for the Play-In SubTournament are available on the Play-In SubTournament page.
Phase 1, Flight 5 will be open until noon PST, Saturday, January 26th.
Phase 1, Flight 6 will be open until late February.
Flight 7 will be open for approximately two months.
H.R. Giger
born 1940
Swiss
Timothy Ely
born 1949
American
Maskull Lasserre
b. 1978
Canadian
Steven Charles
b. 1967
English; works in U.S.
Reg Mombassa
b. 1951
New Zealander; works in Australia
Nick Cave*
1959 -
American
*not Nick Cave the musician. Nick Cave the artist.
Andres Amador
b. 1971
American
Boris Vallejo
b. 1941
Peruvian; works in U.S.
Vote for up to fours artists! Votes go in the comments. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. This poll will be open for approximately two months past posting.
1 Giger
ReplyDelete2 Mobassa - if only for that 'Temptation' one!
3 Timothy Ely - nifty
4 Andres Amador - !!
Ely
ReplyDeleteLasserre
Cave
Amador
I seem to agree with my wife on this one -
ReplyDeleteEly
Lasserre
Cave
Amador
Ely in an easy first place, followed by Mobassa, Cave, and Giger
ReplyDeleteEly
ReplyDeleteLasserre
Cave
Amador
Giger
ReplyDeleteEly
Lasserre
Charles
OK, I've been Googling some of these cool artists I've never heard of, (because how else will I make up my mind?) and it's "Reg Mombassa." Rog Mobassa, of course, now exists, but as a pseudo-pseudonymic entity created by the IAT.
ReplyDeleteGood round!
ReplyDeleteI will go with:
Ely
Lassere
Giger*
and...
Cave. Though I really like Amador also.
*Giger's work gets (and perhaps also loses) points for being an instantly recognizable mass-culture artifact. Because when we saw Prometheus last summer, I was, like, man, that looks just like the old Brain Salad Surgery album cover...
It is an interesting round in that it is a Round of the Living: chance has given us a selection of artists who are all among the quick. Including Reg Mombassa, whose name has been repaired.
ReplyDeleteI had my vote ready to cast for Giger because his stuff is awesome and creepy, but then I saw the guy who did the nude girl and the unicorn taking a dip with demon perverts ready to strike, and yeah, that guy wins.
ReplyDeleteCave
ReplyDeleteAmador
Charles
Mombassa
Dr. Noisewater: That's one for Vallejo, then. But you could vote for both if you like?
ReplyDeleteLasserre
ReplyDeleteCave
Amador
Ely
I'm going to vote the Jenners ticket: Ely running away, then Giger, then Lasserre, then Charles.
ReplyDeleteSigh; I wanted to support the fantasy artist, but it's the same old oversexualization. Instead, I'll go with just Ely, Lasserre, and Amador.
ReplyDeleteLasserre, Ely, Charles, Amador
ReplyDeleteA postal voter for Charles, Cave, Amador, and Vellejo.
ReplyDeleteEly, Lasserre, Cave*, Amador.
ReplyDelete*the artist
Giger
ReplyDeleteEly
Lasserre
And it's really close between Vallejo and Amador, but I think I'm going to have to go with Amador.
Welcome back, Mr. X!
ReplyDeleteThe big surprise in this flight, for me, was Mr. Giger's 5th place finish. That drops him out of the tournament, but as one of the most financially successful living artists on the planet I'm sure he'll find some kind of consolation somewhere.
Victory, instead, to three relative unknowns: Eastern Washington's own Timothy Ely takes a solid first, trailed by (shall we say) neo-surrealist Maskull Lasserre and Andres Amador, who apparently... scrapes patterns on the beach. You guys were really voting for Amador, right? Awesome. YOUR VOTES COUNT!