Saturday, April 22, 2017

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Vasarely v. Velázquez

Victor Vasarely
1908 - 1997
Hungarian; worked in France.



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Diego de Silva y Velázquez
1599 - 1660
Spanish



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Vote for the artist of your choice! Votes go in the comments. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting.

13 comments:

Christine M. said...

Velázquez

Morgan said...

Vasarely has piqued my fancy this morning. Would I vote for him normally? Maybe not!

Eavan Moore said...

Vasarely

Michael5000 said...

Rebecca votes for Velázquez on Facebook.

boonec1974 said...

Vasarely really pops! Surprised to find myself voting for him.

DrSchnell said...

Velazquez, but either is OK with me really.

mrs.5000 said...

Velázquez is an old favorite of mine--as in the case of Bosch and Goya, a trip to El Prado when I was in high school seems to have cemented a lifelong admiration. Vasarely's fun, but Velázquez is head, shoulders, and a 20-foot ladder above him.

Nichim said...

I had to do some annoying homework about Las Meninas once, and so I have suitable admiration for Velasquez but I just plain love Vasarely so he gets my vote.

pfly said...

I have a funny childhood nostalgia for Vasarely.

Michael5000 said...

Velázquez by a factor of six million.

Michael5000 said...

Susan votes for Vasarely by Email.

Candida said...

Velázquez.

Michael5000 said...

It's... a tie! By a factor of six million! Vasarely and Velázquez will head back to the green room to cool their heels for a while before trying again against new antogonists. Vasarely will take on Tatlin and Velázquez, well, who knows! Possibly Duchamp, but it's still at least a season too early to tell.