ARTIST WHO I LIKE
Eric White
Carrie Ann Baade
Shahla Rosa
Vladmir Kush
Martin
Kippenberger
Lucian
Freud
Jeff Koons
Chuck Close
Ida Applebroog
Banksy
WHO I DISAGREE WITH
Ronald Davis
Yayoi Kusama
Anselm
Kiefer
Dan
Christensen
Lynda
Benglis
Jack
Bush
Robert
Goodnough
Arshile
Gorky
Jean Michel Basquiat
Andy Warhol
Vladmir Kush
Vladimir Kush was born in Russia, in a one-story wooden house near the
Moscow forest-park Sokolniki.
At the age of seven Vladimir began to attend art school until late
evening where he became acquainted with the works of great artists of the
Renaissance, famous Impressionists, and Modern Artists.
Vladimir entered the Moscow Higher Art and Craft School at age 17, but
a year later he was conscripted. After six months of military training the unit
commander thought it more appropriate to employ him exclusively for peaceful
purposes, namely, painting propagandistic posters.
After military service and graduating the Institute of Fine Arts,
Vladimir painted portraits on Arbat Street to support his family during the
hard times in Russia.
In the year 1987, Vladimir began to take part in exhibitions organized
by the Union of Artists. At a show in Coburg, Germany in 1990, nearly all his
displayed paintings sold and after closing the exhibition, he flew to Los
Angeles where 20 of his works were exhibited and began his “American Odyssey.”
In
Los Angeles, Kush worked in a small, rented home garage, but was unable to find
a place to display his paintings. He earned money by drawing portraits on the
Santa Monica pier and eventually was able to purchase a ticket to his “Promised
Land,” Hawaii.
Kush’s
work appealed to me immediately and I admire his surrealist approach that has
strong influence from the master, Salvador Dali. I love surreal art and his has
something to offer that I really appreciate. The lines from the real and the
un-real are danced along in a way that creates something beautiful and
disturbing all at once. As I went
through his images I struggled to find one I didn’t like or didn’t find some
kind of a connection to.
Lucian Freud
'I've
always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is why I paint people. It's
people who have brought drama to pictures from the beginning. The simplest
human gestures tell stories.'
-Lucian Freud
The
way in which Freud paints his figure is something that feels raw and real. I
love how when they are first viewed, for me, I see extreme detail. When the
picture is viewed up close you are rewarded with the thick brush stroke and the
painted quality of his art. The detail
in the images I chose to post show his intense attention to detail in the
wrinkles of the face
Yayoi Kusama
I
put Kusama on the dislike list because I am the type of person who likes hyper
realized to surrealist art. I found it hard for me to place her in any list. I
don’t necessarily understand how she could use dots that much, when I begin to
realize that she knows exactly what she is doing. The art she creates is
different from my taste, but nonetheless it is good art. Also she claims to get
her inspiration from a childhood hallucinogenic experience, and that’s pretty
cool.
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