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Saturday, April 20, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Frankenthaler v. Freud!

Helen Frankenthaler
1928 - 2011
American



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Lucian Freud
1922 - 2011
German; worked in Britain



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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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15 comments:

  1. Unknown4:13 AM, April 20, 2013

    Of course, you put two awesomes together for this tournament. I'd be a goon if I didn't stand up for Freud, though!

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  2. Christine M.5:52 AM, April 20, 2013

    Frankenthaler

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  3. pfly8:45 AM, April 20, 2013

    Hmm, I'm in a color fieldy day of mood, so Frankenthaler.

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  4. Elizabeth8:54 AM, April 20, 2013

    I don't usually go for the abstract ones, but the Freud is too Freudian for me, so it's Frankenthaler today.

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  5. Nichim9:07 AM, April 20, 2013

    Frankenthaler!!!

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  6. Dr. Kenneth Noisewater11:05 AM, April 20, 2013

    I like the second artist. Even if that's not a good-looking boob, it's still a boob. That last guy has a definite child molester vibe though. You know what, I'm changing my vote to the ambiguous blobs of color no talent whatsoever first guy. At least he didn't creep me out.

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  7. Michael500010:49 PM, April 20, 2013

    Got an email vote for Frankenthaler here.

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  8. Chuckdaddy7:59 AM, April 21, 2013

    Despite one of the odder moments of gratuitous nudity ("Wouldn't she be cold?" I asked my wife), Freud gets a strong vote from me over Rorschach-I mean Frankenthaler.

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  9. mrs.50009:53 AM, April 21, 2013

    Hmmm, toughie. In the pictures of Helen Frankenthaler pouring paint, she looks like just the nicest, most can-do woman of the twentieth century. Her paintings have a spirit of spontaneity and adventure, I think. I will vote for her because she makes me want to play with paint.

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  10. Morgan11:32 AM, April 21, 2013

    I'll vote for Helen

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  11. Michael50009:09 PM, April 21, 2013

    I'm with Ms. Frankenthaler, for making non-representational paintings that my brain tries to process as representational. Which feels a little different than a Rorschach response, where you see a randomness and then try to find something pictorial to it. With Frankenthaler, I don't see the randomness at first -- I think, "ooh, that's a vividly painted.... Hey, wait!"

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  12. lamanyana4:35 AM, April 23, 2013

    Freud, I guess. None of them do much for me.

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  13. Candida8:26 AM, May 31, 2013

    Frankenthaler.

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  14. Alison9:57 PM, July 01, 2013

    Frankenthaler

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  15. Michael50001:01 PM, July 21, 2013

    Frankenthaler makes it out of the First Round without too much trouble, 11-3. How will she hold up against Fragonard? We'll find out soon!

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