I am delighted by this Twitter thread of people who have just discovered the paintings of Alex Colville and are amazed by their resemblance to video-game graphics from 12-15 years ago.
have just discovered the paintings of Alex Colville and are amazed by their resemblance to video-game graphics from 12-15 years ago
I was going to write, "Then the Precisionists are going to blow their minds," but in the process of searching for one of his paintings I discovered that Colville's official site name-checks the Precisionists on the main page, which makes it no longer funny. In any case, while some of his art is definitely of a style that doesn't do much for me, some I really like.
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Date: 2021-10-18 06:06 pm (UTC)From:I was going to write, "Then the Precisionists are going to blow their minds," but in the process of searching for one of his paintings I discovered that Colville's official site name-checks the Precisionists on the main page, which makes it no longer funny. In any case, while some of his art is definitely of a style that doesn't do much for me, some I really like.
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Date: 2021-10-18 06:18 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2021-10-18 06:29 pm (UTC)From:That makes sense. It's always looked somehow psychopomp-ish to me.
(Insofar as I know Colville's work well enough to have a favorite, Dog and Priest is it.)