The Brackets!

Thursday, August 13, 2015

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Third Round: Klimt v. Kapoor!

Out of sixteen artists that set off 3/4 of the way down the fourth page of the IAT brackets, six are still in the fray.  On the right-hand side, Kandinsky and Klee were contemporaries, colleagues, and sometime housemates, simultaneously inventing new genres of non-representative painting.  "It's like comparing apples and apples!" you might complain.  On the left side, meanwhile, we've got a photographer, a graffiti artist, and -- in today's pairing -- a modernist painter and a contemporary sculptor.  "It's like comparing apples and oranges!" you might complain.  Well, stop complainin', and start votin'!



Gustav Klimt
1862 - 1918
Austrian






Anish Kapoor
b. 1954
Indian
  • Clobbered Angelica Kauffmann in Round 1.
  • Held off living German painter Anselm Kiefer in Round 2.
  • Lost badly to Wassily Kandinsky in Round 3.




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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:

  1. Kapoor is cool, but Klimt is cooler.

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  2. This is an interesting matchup. I feel like how I feel about each artist on average is about the same, with Kapoor having higher variance. I think I'll swing Kapoor for the higher highs over Klimt for consistency.

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  3. I like metal, and I like geometry. But I still have to say Klimt.

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  4. There are two FB votes for Klimt.

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  5. Klimt wins the round, collecting nine votes against Kapoor's three. He'll be facing Banksy in the Third Round.

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