Lopa's Wo3

[Lateralthinking1]

You'd possibly like our neighbour's late father, Lat, Bob Crossley.

This one and those like it:



Not so keen on his geometric shapes - not very vibrant and a bit "classroom" - but this is very good:



For subtelty, Bonnard. For exuberance, Kandinsky. And almost anything with swirl.

[Paul Sherratt]

Just found this.
Warning: contains moving geometric shapes ( under a coat )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDK77ZCkyao

[teamsaint]

Nice piccies on this thread.


As for Darts, never expected them to pop up on this forum...some great records..."Come back my Love" is just wonderful. makes me smile. And thats not always easy !!

(well it is quite easy really....)

[Lateralthinking1]

Just found this.
Warning: contains moving geometric shapes ( under a coat )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDK77ZCkyao

Thanks Paul. I like the ochres.

He seemed very grounded. "Colour has its own energy" etc. While there is a temptation to want to ask someone like him at 96 "is this a boat?" - ie to obtain a detailed understanding - I don't think that an approach to detail in this sphere provides any greater appreciation. A good abstract painting speaks for itself. That is not to say it doesn't ask questions but those questions don't tend to be fully formed into words, at least in my mind. They reside in the area of the abstraction. He spoke of using colours that were harmonious but a part of the joy is that it is a very "un-obvious" harmony. They weren't lifted from a colour coordination chart.

So there is a question there to ask. Why harmony along those lines? But I wouldn't want to ask it and he would not have been able to have answered it. The painting does. As for that relationship with the environment, one sees it semi-directly and yet at the same time in a sense that is conceptually different. I am minded of the notion of some of Kandinsky's work as visual jazz. I feel that I get that completely. Allegedly he was a synesthete. I'm not but feel close enough to it for natural emotional appreciation.

My only doubt is whether Crossley could be said to have had a trademark style. He appears to have done a lot of things but then many of them did and do. I assume that he died fairly recently. For all of the provisos, it was a very worthwhile film.

[johncorrigan]

According to my comprehensive neighbourhood study, people with blue eyes go more for pastels.

Not exclusively though.

Clearly Lat - I've got blue eyes but prefer fruit gums!

[Lateralthinking1]

Clearly Lat - I've got blue eyes but prefer fruit gums!

There's no accounting for taste.

[Globaltruth]

There's no accounting for taste.

And no taste for accounting...

[johncorrigan]

And no taste for accounting...

....that about sums it up!

[Globaltruth]

Was there anyone in this quiet corner who managed to listen to the whole of this show? Great technology that allows fast forwarding ...I mean I had to persevere to find out who won that significant award for PACKAGING
Harrumph.
Splutters.


End of review.

Luckily I have today purchased a brass mask from foreign parts at a bargain price which provides suitable cover & has a general calming effect....Mrs GT insists I remove it at meal times. <sigh>

( I liked that Shelby Lynn track)

[johncorrigan]

Was there anyone in this quiet corner who managed to listen to the whole of this show? Great technology that allows fast forwarding ...

( I liked that Shelby Lynn track)

Dunno about that Global - I never got as far as Shelby - I came in halfway through the session, which I found uninspiring and lasted about three more tracks before deciding the crossword was a more appealing choice.

[Paul Sherratt]

I am Shelby Lynne














Where I'm From

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCXYpuPL-3s

[Globaltruth]

I am Shelby Lynne














Where I'm From
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCXYpuPL-3s

But you always told me you were...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2iEFc7_PGo

[johncorrigan]

But you always told me you were...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2iEFc7_PGo

But I always thought he was...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wadsu2K8jwY

[handsomefortune]

i too fell asleep .... but before slumber i caught an ethiopian fave, getachew mekuria & the Ex .... 5 having also seen mulatu astakte a couple of thursdays ago, where are the awards for these ethiopian jazz stalwarts? astakte (& his large band) bought the house down, and got a well deserved extended standing ovation so impressed, i went and got his autograph, he wrote 'love & peace' on my ticket for his show! i hope that sentiment comes true, which it probably wont... but it's still hopeful, pleasing that someone still expresses those words! mulatu wore a top shirt too, and does some delightfully unself conscious and barely audible 'washing up style' singing while playing! though tbh i was disappointed that the rest of his band weren't listed anywhere on the venue bumpf, though i spotted tom, from 'the sons of kemet' on drums..... but a superb mystery line up all round! the trumpeter looked straight out of 1940s harlem, was also great to watch, as a part of the astakte front line!

[Globaltruth]

But I always thought he was...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wadsu2K8jwY

He's mysterious without a doubt..

i too fell asleep .... but before slumber i caught an ethiopian fave, getachew mekuria & the Ex .... 5 having also seen mulatu astakte a couple of thursdays ago, where are the awards for these ethiopian jazz stalwarts? astakte (& his large band) bought the house down, and got a well deserved extended standing ovation so impressed, i went and got his autograph, he wrote 'love & peace' on my ticket for his show! i hope that sentiment comes true, which it probably wont... but it's still hopeful, pleasing that someone still expresses those words! mulatu wore a top shirt too, and does some delightfully unself conscious and barely audible 'washing up style' singing while playing! though tbh i was disappointed that the rest of his band weren't listed anywhere on the venue bumpf, though i spotted tom, from 'the sons of kemet' on drums..... but a superb mystery line up all round! the trumpeter looked straight out of 1940s harlem, was also great to watch, as a part of the astakte front line!

Clearly the stand out track of the show.
I'm envious - Mulatu is on my 'wanna see' list.