Thursday, December 10, 2015

The Infinite Art Tournament Left Bracket Third-Round Elimination: Banksy v. Klimt!

What do Banksy and Klimt have in common?  Constituencies in the IAT voting pool, obviously, and a resentment of Paul Klee, the main who knocked both of them into the Left Brackets.

To get here this week, Banksy knocked out photography Henri Cartier Bresson, who went 3-2 in the main tournament after making it in through the Play-In Tournament; for all of his success, he is I believe only the second Play-In artist to bid us adieu.  Falling to Klimt was Anish Kapoor, who compiled a record of 2-2.



Banksy
b. 1974
British






Gustav Klimt
1862 - 1918
Austrian




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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.

11 comments:

DrSchnell said...

Banksy

mrs.5000 said...

Klimt Klimt Klimt!

Morgan said...

This is a close one for me. I'll vote Banksy.

Christine M. said...

Klimt

Michael5000 said...

Susan says "Banksy. Makes no sense from an aesthetic point of view, but I'll do what little I can to keep Banksy in the running."

boonec1974 said...

Klimt all the way to the finals!

Candida said...

Klimt.

pfly said...

I like Bansky, but here's where I can't do it. Klimt Klimt.

Michael5000 said...

Me, I'm not really much of a Klimt fan, but at least I understand why he's worthy of notice, so I'll go with him.

Anonymous said...

Tough one, but Klimt.

Michael5000 said...

Klimt wins this one seven votes to three! We'll see how he does against an actual artist in Round Four! Oops, did I say that out loud? Well, congratulations to Banksy and his supporters on a fine run.