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It doesn't matter the medium, or how long ago. Post about an artist that's gone now you want people to remember. Mine is Joe Frank. Crossposting from a post I made a while ago. Ugly In The Morning posted:Who
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Henry Darger is weird as poo poo and drew hundreds of pictures of little girls being strangled, sometimes nude, often with penises*. He lived in poverty and his landlords found his art after he got moved to a home and sold it for insane amounts of money. His work is bizarrely fascinating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRlvDKcDvsI This documentary is great but really doesn't give the impression of just how much of his body of work was specifically the strangulation of young girls weird as poo poo * the girls had penises, they weren't being strangled by penises, wtf is up with that wording Mx. has a new favorite as of 04:34 on May 1, 2020 |
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Apr 29, 2020 13:19
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You've likely heard of Adam Schlesinger, who recently died of COVID-19. If you haven't, you've very likely heard of at least one of his songs, such as "Stacey's Mom" from his most popular band, Fountains of Wayne. (Or his Tony Award-winning stuff, or the other award-winning stuff. Dude was good.) What you likely haven't heard is Ivy, the absolutely perfect chillout indie pop band he was a member of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5sscUEkp3w Two-thirds of Ivy survive, but Schlesinger's involvement seems to have been the major guiding force for the band. I'm sad we likely won't hear anything more from them.
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Apr 30, 2020 04:12
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I feel like this is the obvious one. David Bowie released an album about dying a week before he passed away from a cancer he'd kept entirely secret from the public. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFX1y62l9C4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZscv36UUHo
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May 2, 2020 17:20
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The drummer Tony Allen just croaked like yesterday and in my view he could probably claim to have accomplished more as a single musician than any other single musician. The man created a genre and is almost inimitable in his abilities - every part of him that made a sound on the drum kit is just completely independent rhythmically. Maybe hard to explain if you don't play. And what he created stylistically in afrobeat is something that should be impossible: complex, non-linear rhythms that still get you moving to the song like it was a simple boom, clap, boom, clap beat. But the proof is in the music. Fela Kuti, his most well-known collaborator and a colossal figure in music, owed his success to Tony, unequivocally. it's hard to pick a Fela song that screams "tony allen" - his drumming IS afrobeat and Fela's music - so I'm just posting one of my favorite Fela tracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQBC5URoF0s Tony with Africa 70, Fela's band, which he was musical director of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btsgr5MuSyg and he kept working with new musicians up until his death - I think Gorillaz just released a track with him on it today or something.
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May 2, 2020 22:16
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Miss posted:Henry Darger is weird as poo poo and drew hundreds of pictures of little girls being strangled, sometimes nude, often with penises*. He lived in poverty and his landlords found his art after he got moved to a home and sold it for insane amounts of money. My absolute favorite Venture Brothers joke is a Henry Darger reference. That guy was out there. He had a weird weather obsession, possibly from a childhood tornado.
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May 3, 2020 01:52
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john berger was a painter/art critic/author/poet who's probably best know for the four-part series (+ accompanying book) ways of seeing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk his writing has this incredible sense of clarity to me, where every new idea brings a kind of 'of course' feeling of déjà vu he was also cool as hell... he gave half his booker prize money to the black panthers, and moved to the french alps in the 60s to become a peasant. here he is speaking with subcomandante marcos: 
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May 3, 2020 10:01
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Miss posted:Henry Darger is weird as poo poo and drew hundreds of pictures of little girls being strangled, sometimes nude, often with penises*. He lived in poverty and his landlords found his art after he got moved to a home and sold it for insane amounts of money. thats your favorite deceased artist? he beat out michaelangelo, prince, and salvador dali? thats certainly something to think about. at church. anyways, my favorite deceased artist is gg allin
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May 5, 2020 05:29
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If these artists were any good they wouldn't have died
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May 5, 2020 12:13
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Paul Laffoley (1935-2015)    
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May 5, 2020 14:15
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Pastry of the Year posted:Paul Laffoley (1935-2015) the most intense boardgame ever made
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May 5, 2020 15:28
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SCROTO TURBOSPERG posted:the most intense boardgame ever made Just as I think I'm making progress I roll the wrong number on the dice and get sent to the corner again.
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May 5, 2020 15:40
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Before he was a TV sitcom star, Harry Anderson was a street magician and stand-up comedian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMY5RguBWnk Not for the squeamish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8EyYc4XxYk
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May 5, 2020 23:06
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8tTwXv4glY&t=4s I often miss John Prine. This song is also amazing.
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May 16, 2020 03:21
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Sharon Jones: kindergarten tearcher who overcame expectations and pancreatic cancer. https://youtu.be/8ouI5KcyHfE She died right after trump was elected with her band by her side saying “trump killed me”
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May 27, 2020 00:27
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May 27, 2020 01:23
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An artist who was long gone by the time I learned about him: Enrique Chavarría  He was a notorious recluse who was born in, and never left, Mexico City. His paintings feel very similar to those of famous Mexican surrealist Remedios Varo. I saw his work in about 2007, and it's been with me ever since. I love surrealist art anyways but something about his work in particular has stuck with me. I think it's his attention to detail. My ultimate dream is to own this actual painting, which has always been my wallpaper through the various laptops I've owned: 
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May 30, 2020 05:27
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coronatae posted:An artist who was long gone by the time I learned about him: Enrique Chavarría That last painting is insanely beautiful. Let me know if you ever find it. That is goddamn entrancing.
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May 30, 2020 05:46
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coronatae posted:An artist who was long gone by the time I learned about him: Enrique Chavarría You'd love Jacek Yerka. (not dead) (I hope)
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May 30, 2020 13:47
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Milo and POTUS posted:You'd love Jacek Yerka. (not dead) (I hope) Still very much alive. You had me worried for a second.
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May 30, 2020 13:56
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Beartaco posted:I feel like this is the obvious one. David Bowie released an album about dying a week before he passed away from a cancer he'd kept entirely secret from the public. I listen to Lazarus as part of my winding down every time i run a code. I just did one twelve hours or so ago. The way he was at peace with death was... well, I appreciate it.
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May 30, 2020 14:01
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I don't know if he's my favorite but I really like Kevin Roche and he's dead and comparing him to say, Frank Gehry will make you think he's the best thing ever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Roche#Buildings 
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May 30, 2020 17:47
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Can't choose between Charles Bukowski (1920-1994 ) and J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). Guess I should post some examples or something, will get back to it at some point.
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One of the few artists I like is Edward Hopper. He of "Nighthawks" fame. Also: Oil  Early Sunday Morning 
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