Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908 - 2004
French
- Finished First in Phase 1, Flight 11 of the Play-In Tournament with a voting score of .909.
- Finished First in Phase 2, Flight 3 of the Play-In Tournament with a voting score of .600.
- Beat Richard Parkes Bonington pretty soundly in Round 1.
- Lost to Wassily Kandinsky in Round 2.
- Made it past Ellsworth Kelly in the Left Bracket Second Round by a safe margin.
- Beat living German artist Anselm Kiefer in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination.
Banksy
b. 1974
British
- Finished Third in Phase 1, Flight 2 of the Play-In Tournament with a voting score of .600.
- Tied for First in Phase 2, Flight 5 of the Play-In Tournament with a voting score of .500.
- Got past Pierre Bonnard in Round 1.
- Tromped on Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in Round 2.
- Lost to Paul Klee in Round 3.
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14 comments:
Banksy
Cartier-Bresson, and la recherche du temps perdu.
Banksy
Mariah via FB: "One of the toughest pairings yet. Despite a deep love of Banksy, I'm voting Cartier-Bresson. With feeling."
Banksy, though it's a hard choice. His images are meaningful and I tend to favor painters over photographers.
I guess Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer, but I find it hard to get that excited by his photos. Banksy makes me smile at least. I'll go Banksy.
Banksy.
I can imagine being surprised and even delighted by one of Banksy's works if I chanced upon it in real life. But they're all very much one-liners. Side by side on the screen, there's no comparison, Cartier-Bresson is the one that makes me smile.
I do love me some Cartier-Bresson, but I'm still feeling Banksy.
Banksy
Cartier-Bresson
Henri! Cartier! Bresson! Three times the names, a hundred times the interesting!
Susan votes for Banksy.
Well, it looks like it's Banksy, 8-5, in the first match between play-in artists. Cartier-Bresson leaves the Tournament, but we got to see him seven times before he left us.
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