I am not a fan of the kind of art. Nevertheless, I did come across a few artists and their works that interested me. One of these was Mark Tansey (b. 1949) who I was essentially unaware of. Some background regarding him can be found here, here and here.
Some examples of his work are below. All the paintings date from 1979-90, a period when he did what I consider his most interesting work.
1980s New York City occupied by 1914-vintage troop from Imperial Germany.
Allegory showing Great War clothed French artists surrendering to World War 2 garbed New York modernists.
I found this helpful graphic on the web.
I took this photo at The Broad. From right to left are (1) a 1917 Great War French soldier, (2) a 1914 German Great War Soldier, (3) a 1917 Great War British or American soldier, and (4) a polo player.
Another painting I saw at The Broad. Below are some detail photos I took.
2 comments:
I love Tansey's painting of The Innocent Eye-- I saw it at the Metropolitan in NY where it really stood out; it's huge, and beautifully painted. I found it to be so much smarter than the surrounding self-important "conceptual" art, and fun as well.
Davis -- Tansey changed his style in recent years, not necessarily for the better, but maybe he didn't want to get into a rut. I'm kinda embarrassed that he was off my radar for so many years.
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