If you could have any five works of art in your house

[MadImmortalMan]

Picasso is a bit like George Clooney for me. I really don't like much of his work but I really admire his lifestyle. 

[The Brain]

It's Enrico Picasso!!!

[Siege]

It's Enrico Picasso!!!

I see an elf, a dwarf, and something else.

[Eddie Teach]

A wizard.

[Siege]

Bah. I thought it was an east european jew.

[Eddie Teach]

Well it's certainly thin enough.

[Ideologue]

Bah. I thought it was an east european jew.

[Pedrito]

1. U. Boccioni, Forme Uniche della Continuità nello Spazio


2. H. Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights


3. P. Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon


4. Unknown, Agamemnon's Mask


5. E. Hopper, House by the Railroad


L.

[Admiral Yi]

Sargeant: "Some chick walking down a street in Venice while some dudes lean against the wall."

[Razgovory]

When I was in grade school I had an art teacher tell us that Picasso painted like that because that's how he actually saw the world.  I remember thinking at the time "God, I hope they didn't let him drive".

[Queequeg]

My 1) might as well be Pedrito's.  Boccioni is a genius.

2) Greco, Burial of the Count of Orgaz


3) The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli by Carlo Carra


4) One of the frescoes from Chora Church.  Hard to decide.


5) Kandinsky's Motley Life


6) Cheating, but Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase


I like Dix, Schiele and Grosz a whole hell of a lot but wouldn't want one of those nightmares in my house. 

[The Larch]

I have a soft spot for Goya's etchings, particulary the print "The sleep of reason produces monsters".



From El Greco I'd pick "The gentleman with his hand at his breast".

[Savonarola]

It just occurred to me that in my office I do have five pieces of actual art, so I might as well describe those:

-small print of Dali's Persistence of Memory, purchased at the Art Gallery of Ontario while visiting there with Malthus, GF, Sasks, HVC and Jos.  Brazen linked to that image already.

-a Jim Robb (Yukon artist) print showing the log home skyscraper in Whitehorse.  I can't find the exact print online, but you can see more about the artist and his style  here: http://www.artincanada.com/jimrobb/

-a numbered print of "Caibou Family" by another Yukon artist Nathalie Parenteau.



-an unlimited run print of "Autumn Romance" by the same artist:



-a west coast native art print entitled "Killer Whale" by Danny Dennis, purchased at UBC Anthropology Museum

Those are pretty cool, Beeb. 

It might be interesting to compare the objet d'art people actually have in their houses with the works they wish they had.  (I don't have any renaissance masterpieces.   )

[garbon]

It might be interesting to compare the objet d'art people actually have in their houses with the works they wish they had.  (I don't have any renaissance masterpieces.   )

Here are the "prints" I own. (first isn't a print but was mass produced)

[Syt]

I actually have 5 art prints in my apartment. In my previous place, with its darker interior I might have gone with something 17th-19th century, but my new place is understated with clear lines and open space, so I went for all out Kandinsky which fits very nicely.