Tuesday, December 9, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round: Bonington v. Kiefer!

Richard Parkes Bonington
1802 - 1828
English, worked in France

Tied with Pierre Bonnard in his initial Round 1 outing, in March 2012.
Lost to Henri Cartier-Bresson in his second Round 1 go-around.
Took out Dutch still-life master Willem Kalf in First Round Elimination.






Anselm Kiefer
Born 1945
German

Defeated Ellsworth Kelly by a single vote in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Lost to fellow living artist Anish Kapoor 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.

14 comments:

Morgan said...

Bonington for Alison, Kiefer for me, but with mixed feelings from both.

Ben said...

Meh. Bonington, I guess.

Christine M. said...

Kiefer

Elizabeth said...

I like them both, but I like Anselm Kiefer more, at least today.

DrSchnell said...

I really like both of these, but Bonington for now.....

Chuckdaddy said...

Bonington

mrs.5000 said...

Anselm Kiefer

pfly said...

Last time around I think I told about how we stumbled upon a Kiefer exhibit once and were blown away. His stuff is generally HUGE and impressive in person. It was his sunflowers exhibit we wandered into by accident, http://images.guggenheim-bilbao.es/src/uploads/2012/05/Kiefer_A_Girasoles-Tournesols_1996.jpg

Kiefer.

Michael5000 said...

Here's an emailed vote for Bonington.

lamanyana said...

Kiefer

Michael5000 said...

Oh, Bonington. Very nice in real life!

Candida said...

Bonington

boonec1974 said...

Just looked at this on a bigger screen and am going to flip my vote to the terrifying Kiefer.

Michael5000 said...

Chuckdaddy's flip snatched victory away from Bonington and handed it to Kiefer. Final vote total: 7-6.