September 27, 2001

10:02 PM

Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, David Salle, and Eric Fischl are some contemporary, living artists who have caught my attention. Who are some of your favorite living artists?
posted by crog (21 comments total)

I'm a fan of John Copeland and Giant.
posted by redshifter at 10:29 PM on September 27, 2001

Well, Jeff Koons has, erm, caught my attention. He seems to be the new lowpoint of the long deliberate-fraud line that misuses Warhol's influence. Hasn't his momentary glitz in the NYC art scene gone away, though?

Hirst I quite like, though.
posted by argybarg at 10:37 PM on September 27, 2001

argybarg, true, yet Jeff Koons has recently had a makeover and the critics are giving praise to his new work. Check his new paintings Pancakes and Pam.
posted by crog at 11:13 PM on September 27, 2001

I particularly like James Turrell's work (the Roden Crater site seems to be down right now).
posted by aflakete at 11:17 PM on September 27, 2001

Hmmm...I'd have to say Joe Sorren. His stuff never fails to intrigue and delight me.
posted by Windigo at 11:28 PM on September 27, 2001

I (heart) patricking *duck*
The stuff at Conclave Obscvrvm is always interesting, and Paul Hamilton makes me go Ooooh.
I like some of Hirst's pieces, but can't stand those damned things with the hundreds of dots.
posted by Su at 11:44 PM on September 27, 2001

Greg Guirard (photography and writing), Francis X. Pavy (painting), Patrick Nagatani and Andrée Tracey (installations of painting and photography), Mitchell Gaudet (glass), Frederick Mershimer (mezzotint engraving and printmaking), Dr. Bob (folk art), Jerry Uelsmann (photography/photomontage), Adrian Deckbar (painting and drawing) ... the list goes on. It'd take me four lifetimes to be able to afford all the art I'd like to acquire from these and many others...
posted by chuq at 12:31 AM on September 28, 2001

Catherine Chalmers' Food Chain is a gooder.
posted by dong_resin at 1:29 AM on September 28, 2001

y'gotta love a guy who MeFi's his partner's portfolio. thanks, su.

i just made some neato additions to my personal collection: jock sturges, stratton cherouny, wolfgang tillmans, and mariko mori. all photographic except stratton. all very different.
posted by patricking at 1:44 AM on September 28, 2001

This year I was most impressed of Gregor Schneiders work for which he has won the Golden Lion on the Bienale of Venice 2001.

(See also Postmedia and Carnegie)
posted by ronsens at 2:27 AM on September 28, 2001

I hate Prepositions
posted by ronsens at 2:27 AM on September 28, 2001

Bill Viola and Martin Puryear
posted by machaus at 5:12 AM on September 28, 2001

Bayo Iribhogbe.
posted by UncleFes at 7:14 AM on September 28, 2001

John Pomara is pushing painting in new directions (and he's a close friend).

Kimberly Squaglia does amazing layered laquer paintings that has a unique three dimensional quality.
posted by Benway at 7:23 AM on September 28, 2001

Dude, Rauchenberg is still alive. Fuck all that other shit.
posted by luriete at 8:39 AM on September 28, 2001

This guy paints meat and tikis. I can hardly take my eyes off the faces when I visit his site. Check the rendering of Leo in the gallery... no meat this time either (link in the comment on this old thread is a no lookie at work).
posted by auntbunny at 9:17 AM on September 28, 2001

Al Hirschfeld. His line work is simply unparalleled. He's been working for the New York Times for more than 70 years. Find his official site here.
posted by antony_hare at 9:23 AM on September 28, 2001

Mathew Barney rocks my ass.

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posted by fishfucker at 1:07 PM on September 28, 2001

in no particular order... shirin neshat. sol lewitt. radcliffe bailey. matthew barney. todd hido. amy kaufman. gerhard richter. tatsuo miyajima. hung liu. robert gober. mariko mori. caio fonseca. salomon huerta. deborah oropallo. laurie reed. bill viola. brad brown. gay outlaw.
posted by msippey at 3:55 PM on September 28, 2001

Jerome Witkin, because it's all about your soul.
Brice Marden, because it's all about the line on the page...
posted by brucewc at 10:35 PM on September 28, 2001

mathew ritche... cindy sherman... james barsness... barry mcgee(aka twist)... nara yoshitomo...
posted by boxx at 2:39 AM on September 29, 2001