I have a new life hero.

[Rain Man]

I'm not an art expert at all, so I just found out about Cy Twombly. He lived from 1928 through 2011 and his work is apparently highly coveted.

Wikipedia described his style as follows, and I think they're accurate: "Twombly soon developed a technique of gestural drawing that was characterized by thin white lines on a dark canvas that appear to be scratched onto the surface."

This piece of his ("Untitled") sold in 2015 for $70.5 million.

https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/11/12/09/ctp-results-twombly.jpg?w968

Here are some other example of his work:

https://artinvictoria.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/cytwombley3.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRsKRGJGpwUltTNBS83dPwIvQlScrQRLIYmT3TtBPX6sjO5GhR8LA

I work hard. I try to succeed. But man, this guy had it down. No one has ever been as successful at conquering life as Cy Twombly. He figured out how to make a living doing this. Nothing that anyone else can ever do is going to impress me as much as that.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3689/10940225036_4f79d3c725_b.jpg

[luv]

$70.5 million, huh? My toddler does very similar work. I'll sell you a canvas for half that.

[RollChiefsRoll]

Did he sell any of his shit while he was still alive?

I know Jackson Pollock stuff sells at a mint and all he did was splatter paint all over the canvas willy-nilly, but I don't think he ever saw a dime when he was alive.

[Kiimo]

Modern art is often more about the story and background these days than the actual execution.

See: Basquiat.

[stumppy]

Holy shit!!! I have a couple of my 9 year old granddaughters 'art' pieces on my fridge door.

I'M RICH BITCHES

[RollChiefsRoll]

Modern art is often more about the story and background these days than the actual execution.

See: Basquiat.

No shit. Somehow these dipshits (https://nypost.com/2016/01/14/29000-a-month-artists-loft-comes-with-awesome-basquiat-tag/) thought it was appropriate to charge $29,000 a month for an apartment that had the following "tag" by Basquiat:

https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/011216featuresmuralbasquiatbz.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1286

I know New York real estate prices are insane, what the fuck?

[Rain Man]

Did he sell any of his shit while he was still alive?

I know Jackson Pollock stuff sells at a mint and all he did was splatter paint all over the canvas willy-nilly, but I don't think he ever saw a dime when he was alive.

I'm trying to figure that out, but I'm not seeing anything. However, he apparently won awards during his lifetime, which would indicate that he was selling work. And he sure traveled a lot, which would either indicate a good income or family money. His father was a pro baseball player, so maybe there was some income there, but it seems like he was a paid professional artist.

http://www.cytwombly.org/biography

Here's more on why we should all be investing in Twombly.

https://news.artnet.com/market/twombly-chalkboard-record-karsten-greve-363083

Here's another nice piece that auctioned for $3,135,000.

http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/sothebys-pages/auction-sales-slides/2018/11/698N09933_9M2SQ_Web.jpg.thumb.500.500.png

[Bowser]

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[Beef Supreme]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AmusedSlimyAfricanclawedfrog-size_restricted.gif

[Hydrae]

I'm trying to figure that out, but I'm not seeing anything. However, he apparently won awards during his lifetime, which would indicate that he was selling work. And he sure traveled a lot, which would either indicate a good income or family money. His father was a pro baseball player, so maybe there was some income there, but it seems like he was a paid professional artist.

http://www.cytwombly.org/biography

Here's more on why we should all be investing in Twombly.

https://news.artnet.com/market/twombly-chalkboard-record-karsten-greve-363083

Here's another nice piece that auctioned for $3,135,000.

http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/sothebys-pages/auction-sales-slides/2018/11/698N09933_9M2SQ_Web.jpg.thumb.500.500.png

Well yeah, there are two colors on that one! Just, WOW!

[Kiimo]

As an Art History major focusing on Italian Renaissance and since I just saw the Sistine Chapel for the first time last Sunday, I truly appreciate the standard of excellence in this thread mentioned twice now.

[Bowser]

As an Art History major focusing on Italian Renaissance and since I just saw the Sistine Chapel for the first time last Sunday, I truly appreciate the standard of excellence in this thread mentioned twice now.

Very cool. That's a bucket list item for me.

[luv]

Again, my toddler can make you something similar for half the cost. He'll use five colors, too. AND he'll be able to name them all and count them, too.

[Pitt Gorilla]

http://s2.storage.akamai.coub.com/get/b27/p/coub/simple/cw_image/6fe43db5276/1c698aac1112e5e463fe2/med_1468902273_00032.jpg

[Kiimo]

People can make fun of modern art but in my opinion it's performance art that truly is the biggest clown show.



Have fun with this guy:

https://www.instagram.com/janerichsen/?hl=en



On second thought this dude kind of rules

[Gravedigger]

I did this same shit on a piece of notebook paper in Elementary school. Working on my autograph and making it look as cool as possible, but in the end it doesn't look remotely like my real name. If I knew that shit would be worth something one day, I would've saved those notebooks.

[Ebolapox]

Did he sell any of his shit while he was still alive?

I know Jackson Pollock stuff sells at a mint and all he did was splatter paint all over the canvas willy-nilly, but I don't think he ever saw a dime when he was alive.

Pollock was also classicly trained by Kansas City’s own Thomas Hart Benton. Looks like splatters but there IS a pattern there. There are also fun sciency things like fractals there

[mlyonsd]

He stole my work from kindergarten.

[RollChiefsRoll]

Pollock was also classicly trained by Kansas City’s own Thomas Hart Benton. Looks like splatters but there IS a pattern there. There are also fun sciency things like fractals there

Yeah and if you look really close at Jackie Treehorn's notepad:

https://i.etsystatic.com/7873785/r/il/93bab3/1025513256/il_570xN.1025513256_c0gd.jpg

[Ebolapox]

Yeah and if you look really close at Jackie Treehorn's notepad:

https://i.etsystatic.com/7873785/r/il/93bab3/1025513256/il_570xN.1025513256_c0gd.jpg

You’re so freaking cultured

[38yrsfan]

It being winter - I can provide many similar and equitable images with yellow snow as the theme.

[Frazod]

Jesus, what a fucking hack. Can't believe people actually pay for this shit.

[stevieray]

As an Art History major focusing on Italian Renaissance and since I just saw the Sistine Chapel for the first time last Sunday, I truly appreciate the standard of excellence in this thread mentioned twice now.

Jealous!

I started the Delphic Sybil in my house in Colorado...but moved back to KC before I could finish it.

[stevieray]

Pollock was also classicly trained by Kansas City’s own Thomas Hart Benton. Looks like splatters but there IS a pattern there. There are also fun sciency things like fractals there

He was a very talented artist... and he, like many others, end up doing abstract..

He was a master at using gravity to manipulate his application. impossible to reproduce.

THB is one my favs.

[vailpass]

As an Art History major focusing on Italian Renaissance and since I just saw the Sistine Chapel for the first time last Sunday, I truly appreciate the standard of excellence in this thread mentioned twice now.

You must have family money.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Aren't art sales like this often fronts for laundered money?

[stevieray]

Aren't art sales like this often fronts for laundered money?

Interesting....:hmmm:

[teedubya]

You're the Twombly of Polls, Rainman.

[RealSNR]

There's good modern art out there. I'm not a huge fan of these Twomblys, though.

Rothko is one of my favorites.

[Rain Man]

You're the Twombly of Polls, Rainman.

I would be incredibly honored if one of my polls would someday sell for $70.5 million.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Well, the market has clearly spoken.

And should probably have its mouth duct-taped.

[Rain Man]

There's good modern art out there. I'm not a huge fan of these Twomblys, though.

Rothko is one of my favorites.

In my younger days I didn't appreciate abstract art. As I've gotten older, I've come to like a lot of it. And I prefer modern art in general any more. I just had to laugh at the Twombly stuff. It's very hard for me to look at it and see great art.

[Jamie]

The 20th century in art was one long deconstruction of what was allowed to be art. It was necessary, but it also allowed some questionable things to become venerated just because someone hadn't done it before.

That said, I like the second one, and particularly the fourth one.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Yeah and if you look really close at Jackie Treehorn's notepad:

https://i.etsystatic.com/7873785/r/il/93bab3/1025513256/il_570xN.1025513256_c0gd.jpgIt's...beautiful.

[EPodolak]

The 20th century in art was one long deconstruction of what was allowed to be art. It was necessary, but it also allowed some questionable things to become venerated just because someone hadn't done it before.

That said, I like the second one, and particularly the fourth one.


This is right, and it's really a fascinating period for art. The tumultuous times and the fact pure rendering had long been mastered led to all the experimenting. The best of it is more pleasing to me than any other period.

[CoMoChief]

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[stevieray]

This is right, and it's really a fascinating period for art. The tumultuous times and the fact pure rendering had long been mastered led to all the experimenting. The best of it is more pleasing to me than any other period.

More along the lines of we are devolving, there isn't ever going to be another Michelangelo, just like there won't ever be another Beethoven, or Shakespeare.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

More along the lines of we are devolving, there isn't ever going to be another Michelangelo, just like there won't ever be another Beethoven, or Shakespeare.

We're turning in to machines.