Now. We find a lot of art...completely boring. Specifically those from the Orient region, Baroque periods and older. Of course that doesn't mean we don't have some level of appreciation for it, but it's just not our thing.
Edgier, dark, contemporary, new, thought provoking...that of the last 100 years or less...that's the art we find fascinating, for the most part.
Needless to say the MIA is not full of intellectually stimulating neuvo art, but we did stumble across a few great pieces, most notably a painting by Chaim Soutine, painted in '25, entitled Carcass of Beef - dark, real, raw...almost literally. It grabbed us on a second round through one of the coves of the 'Modern and Contemporary' wing.
The other painting, found in the same wing, was a piece entitled Les Pendus by Léon Spilliaert, a Belgian artist, painted in 1912, shown here:
It really spoke to us.
Of course being Twitter addicts we posted the picture and it was greeted with approval, and one suggestion that we steal it for a follower. Of course we wouldn't steal art, but that doesn't mean we won't do "better".
A reproduction, from one disturbed mind to another...
The original painting is in watercolour, and as we lean heavily towards acrylic, we found both adapting the medium and the experimentation with a style not typical to our own, a challenging and fun experiment.
So, our first completed painting of this year (we've got at least three originals to finish before the end of summer), a reproduction of Léon Spilliaert's Les Pendus with a couple of subtle personalized touches al la Frank et al.
In progress photos:
And the final:
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| (sorry, it's a little blurry...we have limited space for photographing and a smart phone camera only...) 36" x 28" Acrylic on Canvas |
