YOUR DAILY ART

abstraction, your daily art "all art deals with the absurd and aims at the simple. good art speaks truth, indeed is truth, perhaps the only truth." - iris murdoch

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Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q., 1919.  

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Lucio Fontana, Crucifixion, 1948.  Glazed ceramic, 48.6 x 31.4 x 23.2 cm (19 1/8 x 12 3/8 x 9 1/8 in).

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A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.

Hans Hofmann

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Hans Hofmann, Image of Cape Cod: The Pond Country, Wellfleet, 1961.  Oil on canvas, Walker Art Center.

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Lorna Simpson, Waterbearer, 1986.  Silver gelatin print with vinyl lettering, 45 x 77 x 1 1/2 in.

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J. M. W. Turner, The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October, 1834, 1835.  Oil on canvas, 92 x 123.2 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Germain Boffrand, Salon de la Princesse, Hotel de Soubise, begun 1732.  

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It appears to be monumental only because it's art.

Christo

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972-76.  Nylon fabric and steel poles, 18 feet x 24 1/2 miles.

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Jan van Eyck, Detail of the Arnolfini Portrait (Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife), 1434.  Oil on oak, 32 1/4 x 23 1/2 in, National Gallery, London.

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Banksy Street Art, London, UK.

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Jeff Koons, Balloon Venus, 2008-12.  high chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating, 259.1 x 121.9 x 127 cm (102 x 48 x 50 in).

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The Nike of Paionios, c. 420 BCE.  Marble, height 2.12 m, Olympia, Museum.

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Joana Vasconcelos, Valquíra Enxoval (Valkyrie Keychain), 2009.  Son learned embroidery and other embroidery, felt applications, bobbin lace, frills (shuttle lace), quartz encrusted pottery, knitting and crocheting wool handmade, fabrics, ornaments, polyester, steel cables 400 x 530 x 1400 cm , Battle Gallery, Chateau de Versailles.

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Raoul Hausmann, Tatlin at Home, 1920.  Collage (destroyed).

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Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness.

Mark Rothko

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Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1960.  Oil on canvas, 175.26 cm x 127.33 cm (69 in. x 50 1/8 in), SFMOMA.