tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585451.post3753724706355760497..comments2023-11-03T07:34:03.791-05:00Comments on artistic thoughts: Jean Fautrier (1898-1964)Mountain Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276280423926430059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585451.post-13759417696013666182007-12-08T07:59:00.000-05:002007-12-08T07:59:00.000-05:00Raping the tushes of the Nazis with brushes would ...Raping the tushes of the Nazis with brushes would have also possibly qualified him to be a hero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585451.post-59442000935481821012007-12-07T23:05:00.000-05:002007-12-07T23:05:00.000-05:00obviously he should have rushed in with his brushe...obviously he should have rushed in with his brushes and impaled the nazis, then smeared their faces with paint to shame them. only then would he have been a true hero. anonymous, thank you for speaking out for the prisoners! hurrah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585451.post-28307186797762555012007-12-07T19:25:00.000-05:002007-12-07T19:25:00.000-05:00Sloth I agree about the Kiefer connection. There i...Sloth I agree about the Kiefer connection. There is something Romantic and almost embarrassing about both of their work, I can't quite describe it. I wish I had known Fautrier's paintings undergrad. <BR/><BR/>I need a ski instructor who likes to paint bloody cleft heads too.Mountain Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276280423926430059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585451.post-12058695054448617442007-12-07T18:50:00.000-05:002007-12-07T18:50:00.000-05:00Not a hero, no. But it's an immediate response - f...Not a hero, no. But it's an immediate response - flawed, unrefined. Does it bother you? Can you say more about why? Curious.Mountain Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276280423926430059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585451.post-10081513158049047072007-12-07T16:23:00.000-05:002007-12-07T16:23:00.000-05:00"Later, when he returned to Paris during WW II, he..."Later, when he returned to Paris during WW II, he worked in a studio that was near a wooded area where the Nazis executed their prisoners. At night he could hear the screaming victims. In response he created the "Otage" (Hostage) series, which includes sculpture as well as paintings"<BR/><BR/>what a hero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585451.post-87780957658197717972007-12-07T12:35:00.000-05:002007-12-07T12:35:00.000-05:00mm, these are amazing! the heads are so raw & stra...mm, these are amazing! the heads are so raw & strange, really eerie. He sort of pre-figures Kiefer, I am thinking? I wish he could have been my ski instructor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com