b. 1954
Indian
Clobbered Angelica Kauffmann in Round 1.
Anselm Kiefer
Born 1945
German
Defeated Ellsworth Kelly by a single vote in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
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.
12 comments:
Kapoor
I have a feeling I would like the Kiefer works better in person, but I feel the same way for Kapoor and anyway I already like his stuff.
My vote goes to Kapoor.
I'm going with Anselm Kiefer here, though I like Kapoor too.
Oh, well, Kapoor is nice and all, but Kiefer? Like last time I want to point out some of his other stuff, like this one, from his Sunflowers series, all gigantically huge and hard to really appreciate on a computer screen, but blew me away in person: http://images.guggenheim-bilbao.es/src/uploads/2012/05/Kiefer_A_Girasoles-Tournesols_1996.jpg
Kapoor
I'm finding this to be a bit of an agonizing decision. Kapoor's sheer symmetry on a grand scale is certainly amazing, but I'm not sure he 's really saying anything. Whereas Kiefer's works seem to thrive on their utter ugliness and unpleasantness, wanting you to feel uncomfortable.
That being said, they both do elicit an emotion, I've been to the Bean and there's just a sort of joy in the air, with all the life it brings to it. If I vote for Kiefer, am I just falling for the "dark" artist always being the more important one? Yeah, I think I have to go with Kapoor, since I believe in the end he's just better at doing what he's intending to do.
I have no problem at all going with Kapoor and his Bean.
Hmmm, I like them both. But Anish Kapoor. Yes.
Kapoor is fun. I'm going with him and his magical sculptures.
Kiefer
An emailed vote for Kiefer.
Kapoor ends up on top, 7 votes to 4. On to the Third Round!
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