tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post4857622900269134429..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Arty Farty Friday ~ Julian SchnabelTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-47397481727878618822015-05-10T09:26:48.755-05:002015-05-10T09:26:48.755-05:00JD ~ Hi - nice to see ya!
Thanks for the links. I...JD ~ Hi - nice to see ya!<br />Thanks for the links. I doubt I'd have been too keen on most of the paintings in the exhibition you visited. Scharf's are wonderfully colourful and imaginative - that's a plus! If I can find birth data for him he could be an interesting subject for a future Arty Farty Fri.<br /><br />I do have a print in our kitchen of a Keith Haring painting (he's one listed in the catalogue) - I found it a few years ago in a very junky antiquey store in north Texas, pushed under a low table, beer spattered and filthy. Husband said - that looks like a Keith Haring print - not knowing anything about him but noting the price was within my budget (either $10 or $15 I think) I bought it. On cleaning it up we found it to be very nicely framed in a specially Haring-pattered frame, and the print stamped with the official Haring estate stamp - so I think it must have originated from an exhibition somewhere.<br /><br />Oh look - I did a post about it in 2010<br /><br />http://twilightstarsong.blogspot.com/2010/11/arty-farty-friday-keith-haring.html<br /><br />:-)<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-50963222204969858652015-05-10T08:12:27.106-05:002015-05-10T08:12:27.106-05:00I saw some of Schnabel's 'paintings' i...I saw some of Schnabel's 'paintings' in an exhibition in Madrid in 1983.<br />I was underwhelmed by the whole thing not just his stuff.<br /><br />The only pictures I liked were those of Kenny Scharf; they were amusing and completely out of step with the mood of all the others.<br /><br />Here is a glimpse of the catalogue for the show.<br />http://www.todocoleccion.net/arte-catalogos/tendencias-nueva-york-1983-keith-haring-schnabel-fischl~x48448391<br /><br />And here's a link to Scharf's madcap pictures :)<br />http://kennyscharf.com/JDhttp://www.nourishingobscurity.com/author/jd/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-26594619461800758502015-05-08T13:48:43.838-05:002015-05-08T13:48:43.838-05:00mike ~ I agree, I like his architectural and styli...mike ~ I agree, I like his architectural and stylistic daring too, but his paintings - not so much. Maybe "you really have to be there" to appreciate some of them. Hard to say.<br /><br />Thanks on the astro-front - yes, he's certainly a larger-than-life figure. Although - in that brief video I've posted he came over as a more subdued character than I'd expected.<br /><br />In some photos he reminds me of Peter Ustinov - in looks - something about the eyes I think.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-10914333969032973222015-05-08T13:43:25.483-05:002015-05-08T13:43:25.483-05:00Sonny ~ His life is one long pyjama party by the l...Sonny ~ His life is one long pyjama party by the looks of it! :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-6095110514902992272015-05-08T11:00:11.468-05:002015-05-08T11:00:11.468-05:00An interesting fellow that I had brief exposure ov...An interesting fellow that I had brief exposure over the years. I recall the "Vanity Fair" piece, because I admired the Palazzo Chupi article. I am greatly attracted to urban space that has distinctive architectural character, beauty, and a magical feel set amongst the concrete squareness-triteness of brick & mortar.<br /><br />As for his paintings, I find them contrived and on the coattails of predecessors, but that might be expected of the neo-expressionists, which on-the-whole, I've never been fond. Schnabel is obviously multi-talented and painting is one facet of his pursuits. I'm more attracted to his other outlets...LOL.<br /><br />The excerpt you provide indicates his fame began around 1980, which coincides with transiting Pluto conjunct natal Neptune, N Node was conjunct his Pluto, Uranus square his Pluto, and Neptune was trine his Pluto...astrological indicators of a claim to fame.<br /><br />I can add to your very good astrological assessment that his final dispositors are Sun and Pluto in mutual reception...someone with a bigger-than-life ego in the eyes of the collective. I suspect he's a savvy business person and has a knack for knowing the accoutrements of salesmanship. I agree with you that he knows exactly what he's doing. <br /><br />mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-55398545613621984682015-05-08T10:57:25.613-05:002015-05-08T10:57:25.613-05:00and he's such a snappy dresser too. lol<br /><br />and he's such a snappy dresser too. lolSonny Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926830309207639536noreply@blogger.com