Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round: Brancusi v. Delvaux!

Constantin Brancusi
1876 - 1956
Romanian; worked in France.

Lost an early lead and lost to Cubist master Georges Braque by a single vote in Round 1! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Languished for the better part of a year after the victory was miscalculated as a tie.
Broke living American Jim Dine's heart in First Round Elimination.








Paul Delvaux
1897 - 1994
Belgian

Beat Maurice Denis in a down-to-the-last-vote contest in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Lost to Richard Diebenkorn in Round 2.






Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting, but likely much longer.

14 comments:

Christine M. said...

Brancusi

Elizabeth said...

Hm. Delvaux, tonight. Matches my mood.

Ben said...

Delvaux's work reminds me too much of the one-point perspective lessons in my middle school drafting class. Let's go for the 3-D perspective of sculpture--Brancusi!

pfly said...

I like both, but Brancusi is a perennial favorite.

Morgan said...

Brancusi's alien baby over Delvaux's projective planes.

Anonymous said...

Brancusi is a favorite of mine.

sue

Chuckdaddy said...

I'll agree with my mom- Brancusi

lamanyana said...

Brancusi

mrs.5000 said...

Brancusi for me, too.

Michael5000 said...

Delvaux's dreamworld for me, I think, based more on the one's I saw up close and personal lately than on the examples shown here.

UnwiseOwl said...

Whoa. I was sure that Brancusi had this one in the bag, but that last Delvaux has a train.
Can't go past trains. Delvaux it is.

Michael5000 said...

Vote-by-mail for Delvaux.

Candida said...

Delvaux.

Michael5000 said...

Delvaux's exciting late-match rally couldn't overcome Brancusi's early lead, and the French surrealist falls out of the Tournament by a 5-8 margin. Brancusi marches on to take on Maurice Denis, whom Delvaux beat by a hair way back in Round 1.

Thanks for voting!