Tuesday, May 20, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round Two: Jordaens v. Kahlo!

Play-In Tournament Phase 2 Tiebreaker closes noon PDT this Saturday!



Jacob Jordaens
1593 - 1678
Dutch

Beat living artist Allen Jones after a tough fight in Round 1







Frida Kahlo
1907 - 1954
Mexican

Crushed Donald Judd in Round 1.







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.

15 comments:

Christine M. said...

Kahlo

Elizabeth said...

If you give me a chicken, a cat, AND a satyr in the same piece of artwork, obviously I am going to vote for that artist.

So Jordaens.

Anyway, while I have always admired Kahlo as a person, I've never really been attracted to her work.

Chuckdaddy said...

Kahlo

Morgan said...

Kahlo!

DrSchnell said...

Kahlo

Ben said...

The lighting in the Jordaens works is weird. The subject matter in the Kahlo works is weird.

Kahlo's weirdness gets my vote today.

Michael5000 said...

An emailed vote for Jordaens!

mrs.5000 said...

Confession: I've never that into Frida Kahlo, because her work is all about Frida Kahlo, and I've just never been into Frida Kahlo. Jordaens is a helluva painter, working hard to spark my interest and reward my close attention, so I'm fine with giving him my vote.

pfly said...

The Dutch guy is very cool, but Frida Kahlo...let's just say I first discovered her at a Burning Man years ago and leave it at that.

Candida said...

Jordaens

Nichim said...

Khalo.

lamanyana said...

Khalo

Michael5000 said...

This is a very tight race for me -- I like both of them very much, but I also immediately sense a limit to both. Does that make sense? It's a visceral response of "Ooh, that's VERY good... although not truly magnificent."

Let's go Kahlo.

UnwiseOwl said...

Jordaens grows on me whereas I like Kahlo less and less. A vote for Jordaens here.

Michael5000 said...

And it's Kahlo on top at the end of voting, 8-5. She takes on Bouguereau in an odd matching, and Jordaens will take on somebody else in some other odd match, in a few weeks!