What are You Looking at?

[teamsaint]

Just to bump this thread up to remind people that part 2 of this programme series is on BBC4 tonight at 9 pm, the subject being the marvellous David Bomberg, one of our greatest artists imv, whose Expressionistic wartime scenes remind me of Alban Berg's music, especially the jumbled aural images of the Orchestral Pieces Op 6. Here's a link to lots of his paintings:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpainti.../david-bomberg

Excellent linkaging there, S_A !

There seems to be plenty of his stuff, and a current exhibition, at Southampton City Art Gallery.

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/s-leisure/artsheritage/sotonartgallery/exhibitions/londongroup.aspx

I'll get myself down there, and post some thoughts............Unless you all behave.......

[Serial_Apologist]

Apologies to everybody for steering you all onto tonight's programme, which turned out to be Walter Sickert, not David Bomberg, as misleadingly implied in the programme heading - he's next week - but fascinating all the same, with much to learn about WS.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

No apology needed, S_A; it was another excellent programme, and Walter Sickert is a terrific artist. Not so sure about Richard, though, in spite of AG-D's advocacy!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The David Bomberg programme was shown tonight - a superb programme about a magnificent Artist of whose work I knew nothing until S_A's comments last week. This has been a great mini-series, and, I think, the best was saved until last.

[amateur51]

Anselm Kiefer at Royal Academy of Arts London until 14 December 2014

This exhibition introduced me Kiefer's work and it has been a remarkable experience. Kiefer installed all the paintings & sculptures on view himself (with considerable help from RA staff I imagine). Everything is on a huge scale, huge canvasses, huge sculptures. His themes occur cyclically, i.e., they return and are modified years later. He is also interested in how artworks change through the use of some organic material and its inevitable and gradual degradation

Kiefer was born in Germany in 1945 andhis starting point and pre-occupation is Germany after 1945, but his meansd includfe poetry, reference to Greek and roman and Nordic myths, ancient religions, poetry. he builds up his 'meaning' through many layers and symbols, not unlike Wagner's music and Wagner features strongly in some paintings. His palette is generally limited but he uses large quantities of paint and in/organic matter, photographs, etc.

I'm still trying to take it all in, and another visit will be called for and that will just raise further questions/responses I'm certain. He is quoted somewhere as saying that his multi-layered and cyclical approach is intended to provide clues as to meaning but also to provide moments for head-scratching.

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/anselm-kiefer

[Flosshilde]

I'm hoping to get down to see this before it closes. I first encountered Kiefer & became slightly obsessed when I saw a photograph of his towers at his old studio & workspace (I mean they were photographed there; unfortunately not where I saw the photograph!) He is an extraordinary artist - just how extraordinary can be seen in the film Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow http://www.amazon.co.uk/Over-Your-Ci...ds=over+cities. You really should see it if you can. I'd love to go to Milan to see his installation Seven heavenly palaces http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/kiefer.html

[muzzer]

Highly recommend the Kiefer. Knew nothing about him before I went and really enjoyed it. Clever without being too clever. Complex but not complicated. Definitely worth a return visit.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

These are wonderful! Many thanks to ami and Flossie - I'd never heard of Kiefer, but this is a awesome body of work, mixing realism with abstraction and sculpture with painting.

[Serial_Apologist]

Not a movie as such, but a reminder of a time when the BBC (I presume in thgis case) put on really challenging programmes, such as John Berger's Ways of Seeing - two versions of which are on youtube. The one I've chosen includes all the series; definition osd poor and colour a;lmost non-existent, but the other separate episodes are spoilt by having large English captions centre-vision, which is rather odd given they haven't been dubbed into another language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utEoRdSL1jo

Little seems to have "moved forward" if we think how ads still use the female body to sell stuff, since the 47-year old Berger made the series in 1972 - not surprisingly, imv.

[Nick Armstrong]

Anselm Kiefer at Royal Academy of Arts London until 14 December 2014

This exhibition introduced me Kiefer's work and it has been a remarkable experience...

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhi.../anselm-kiefer

These are wonderful! Many thanks to ami and Flossie - I'd never heard of Kiefer, but this is a awesome body of work, mixing realism with abstraction and sculpture with painting.

Have Kierfer fans noted that this evening's Imagine is devoted to him? BBC1, 22.40 ... in about half an hour, in other words (for non-iPlayer fans)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pzt6g

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

- thanks for that, Cali - I'd missed in in RT. One for the I-player, I think.

[eighthobstruction]

Hi folks, wondering whether to watch the Keifer as there might be a creativity bleed over to my much much more small scale works....Friends who have seen the exhibition - knowing me (of course) - say be careful Tim creativity bleed warning....

Anyone watched Congo Calling http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...tra-in-britain ....had alump in my throat all the way through it.....+ moist eyes....

Only got my laptop back 2 days ago, already feeling the stress of allthe minds in the world sucking at mine expecting something sensible to come out....suck suck suck....

[Serial_Apologist]

Hi folks, wondering whether to watch the Keifer as there might be a creativity bleed over to my much much more small scale works....Friends who have seen the exhibition - knowing me (of course) - say be careful Tim creativity bleed warning....

Anyone watched Congo Calling http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...tra-in-britain ....had alump in my throat all the way through it.....+ moist eyes....

Only got my laptop back 2 days ago, already feeling the stress of allthe minds in the world sucking at mine expecting something sensible to come out....suck suck suck....

Good to see you back, 8th!

I managed to miss that programme, somehow, so thanks.

[gurnemanz]

Two towers like ones the programme shown at his Barjac site were on display in the Royal Academy courtyard a few years ago.



Hoping to go back on Saturday.

[teamsaint]

Lighted Window. 1917.
Charles Burchfield.

I think if I could choose one painting to own, it would probably be this.


here are some more of his.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=charles+burchfield&rlz=1C2KMZB_enGB552GB552&biw=986&bih=646&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ddh8VLbcKam07Qa60IDQBQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ