To answer the question, You-Know-Who: My favorite artist would be the late and great Keith Haring with Henri Matisse coming in a very close second. Although I'm a fan of many others as well, those two would be at the top of my list. Since nobody's reading so much these days anyway I figured I might as well just answer that one right here instead. Usually not big on the pop art thing, I never even cared much for Warhol's stuff. Haring obviously is the exception.
Like most other gay folks, I was gratified the other night to hear President Obama announce at the State of the Union address his intention to put repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell on the agenda for 2010. Of course we were all hyped when we heard it the first time, too. Back when he was pandering the rainbow coalition for votes during his campaign, pledging to be a "fierce advocate" for LGBT rights. To start working toward getting rid of DADT during his first year as president was part of that promise. Not that he has totally snubbed us, I guess, but tagging him a "fierce advocate" is probably a stretch . It's really little wonder that much of the queer community reacted approvingly, but also with a fair amount of skepticism, the other night after hearing him vow again to do what he vowed once before with nothing gotten done so far. This DADT thing, I wouldn't think, should be such a big ordeal to get over and done with in short order. Even military p...
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ReplyDeleteThank you. Died too young from the AIDS back in the day, I wish he'd hung around somewhat longer. Thanks, Diane.
ReplyDeleteI just looked his stuff up, it's very interesting. I like the sappy artists like Thomas Kincaid.
ReplyDeleteHey, Rain! No surprise that Kincaid is on your list, I guess. Personally, I'm not a huge fan. But ... you know I like the sap as much as anyone, and even though I chose Haring as my overall favorite, and Matisse runner up, I LOVE LOVE Andrew Wyeth and figure you probably might, too, eh? Particularly the Master Bedroom painting. I actually bought a print of that one a few years ago on eBay. Probably my favorite painting ever.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE his art too. Learned of him when working for Flax Art & Design. Mattisse too. They had lots of goodies by several artists...but of course...It was Flax "Art and Design." (duh) :)
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