Thursday, March 14, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round: Böcklin v. Buren!


Through the tiebreak mechanism, Böcklin has jumped down to the spot that would have gone to the winner of Brauner v. Broodthaers, had there been a winner.  A fond farewell to Victor and Marcel -- and let's see who will win the presumably fairly strenuous honor of facing the winner of J. Bruegel v. Bronzino in the next round!



Arnold Böcklin
1827 - 1901
German; worked in Italy






Daniel Buren
1938 -
French

Defeated Sir Edward Burne-Jones in an amazing come-from-behind single-vote victory in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Beaten by Pieter Bruegel -- no shame in that -- in Round 2.






Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting, but likely much longer.

13 comments:

Christine M. said...

Buren

lamanyana said...

Böcklin

Chuckdaddy said...

Buren

Morgan said...

Buren

Elizabeth said...

French! Large installations! We're on a roll!

Buren.

pfly said...

Gotta go with Böcklin.

Nichim said...

Böcklin for me today, though I might go the other way in a different mood. I love those guys and whatever they're doing on a grey day down below the decrepit castle.

mrs.5000 said...

I'll take Bocklin. I know he's kind of an Isle of the Dead specialist, but he's the best one ever.

Michael5000 said...

Here's an email vote for Bocklin -- "How I love the Isle of the Dead"

Michael5000 said...

And I'm going for Böcklin myself, too, not least on account of that self-portrait that isn't showing up in his Tournament paintings yet.

Candida said...

Buren.

Alison said...

Buren

Michael5000 said...

My oh my, Böcklin took five straight votes to come from behind and take the lead, only to end up tied for the second time -- the first two-tie artist of the Tournament -- when the late votes swung against him. That locks up this branch of the brackets until the next Left Bracket Second Round tie comes along to mix things back up!