Lydia72

A spin-off from the Tate sunflower seeds thread. Do you have a favourite artist and/ or do you own any art?

I have never found anything I like that much that I would want to pay a lot of money for or actually have on my walls.
When I'm travelling about I try to pop into galleries but I always come out empty handed - I don't think I really know what I like but I definitely know what I don't like.
I'm not keen on stuff that Ikea reproduce/ hotel room art/ Jack Vettriano type prints.

Who/ what do you like?

Disco Boy 2

Jean Miro

mystery_machine

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Salvador Dali is my favorite

oldsplice

Hmmmm.......more than one.....

Holbein

Vermeer

Velasquez

Alma-Tadema

Canaletto

Rembrandt

Singer Sargent

These are some of the ones that make my heart beat faster. I could go on........

Dingdongler

Interesting thread.

I'd like to buy some art for my home and would be happy to spend about £500-£1000 per piece for something special. Problem is I just don't know where to start and some 'high street' galleries/art shops try and charge you that for mass produced garbage

oldsplice

I'll do you one!

Torquemada

H R Giger - just flimmin' awesome

The Zohan

Love this series

Lydia72

I've been looking for years (literally about ten years). I don't want anything wacky but I don't like twee either.
Basically I'm clueless.

Torquemada

I'm also a bit of a geek so I like original artwork by comic book and graphic novel artists, got a decent Batman piece and a Wolverine piece with Nightcrawler in there.
Beryl Cook is also pretty awesome, I've got a big print signed by her that I'm sure must have gone up in value since she died (RIP).

zip106

Govinder Nazram.

Got quite a few of his embelished pieces, but unfortunately he died very young a few years ago.
http://www.collect-art.com/artist/go...ram/index.html

hodgy0_2

lot of crap talked about it -- buy what you like looking at etc, as presumably it will be hanging/standing/sitting in your house/garden

(as long as it is not dogs playing snooker)

Lydia72

That's the problem, I know what I don't like but not what I do like. When I find it I'll know

hodgy0_2

if you are serious maybe go to to the local Art colleges and look at the degree shows when they exhibit

http://www.arts.ac.uk/

Gordo

Have a look on here for some ideas (a neighbour bought from them this week so I had a nosey)

http://www.washingtongreen.co.uk/

mouse555

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I think some of Banksy's work is very very good indeed.

scud8

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Have a look at http://www.paulfryer.net/paulFhomepage.html. A friend of mine does all the serious engineering for him.

Torquemada

Oooh, an installation like that in the front room would be so convenient lol

tony de wonderful

He's sold out, now making commodity art. Boring.

Lee247

I agree. He really is amazing

Jamo

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Kym Seaton

scud8

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The smell of ozone is pretty strong when it's turned on.

Torquemada

yummy Bet that really ties the room together

mart360

HR Giger is good

Boris Vallejo

Olly Frey

Don Lawrence



Mart

zip106

How many have you sold, then?

JTaylor

I had the good fortune to view Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) at NY's Met. recently and the work is captivating.

I'm a fan of the late Robert Lenkiewicz, who worked and lived in my home town, Plymouth. My family and I own a signed 126/370 Warren Woods and an original self portrait. His life was unique, his projects inspired.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rober...edirected=true

JTaylor

Another huge character within Plymouth's Barbican.

chocolate_o_brian

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Kasimir Malevich through his early cubism years before he went all supremacist. Also Fernand Leger. Excellent, excellent work. I draw inspiration for any abstract work I do from these two

Milamber

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I'm a big fan of some of the art/visuals by Anton Corbijn

http://www.corbijn.co.uk/

Camoscooby

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For me, Salvador Dali, Ron Mueck and Banksy