Comments on: Spewer #5: Michael Moorcock http://dfan.org/blog/2009/06/18/spewer-5-michael-moorcock/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Koning http://dfan.org/blog/2009/06/18/spewer-5-michael-moorcock/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 Daniel Koning Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:01:16 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=759#comment-3296 In terms of visual arts, Picasso seems to me to be the obvious choice -- he made (Wikipedia tells me) 50,000 pieces over 82 years, the best of which are considered by acclamation to be some of the best ever, but a lot of which were pretty slapdash. He worked in a bunch of different styles, but you'll never mistake a Picasso for someone else's work. As for his best works being big messes, <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/PicassoGuernica.jpg" rel="nofollow">well...</a> I'm not sure he quite fits the intuitiveness criterion. Of course Cubist portraits have the character of naïve art, but he was a masterful painter in traditional styles when he wanted to be. He did refuse to attend classes at the Real Academia de Madrid; I suspect that had little to do with the instruction cramping his intuitive style, though. Most likely, he had just already absorbed all the knowledge he needed to. All this <em>and</em> he could make girls turn the color of an avocado. In terms of visual arts, Picasso seems to me to be the obvious choice — he made (Wikipedia tells me) 50,000 pieces over 82 years, the best of which are considered by acclamation to be some of the best ever, but a lot of which were pretty slapdash. He worked in a bunch of different styles, but you’ll never mistake a Picasso for someone else’s work. As for his best works being big messes, well…

I’m not sure he quite fits the intuitiveness criterion. Of course Cubist portraits have the character of naïve art, but he was a masterful painter in traditional styles when he wanted to be. He did refuse to attend classes at the Real Academia de Madrid; I suspect that had little to do with the instruction cramping his intuitive style, though. Most likely, he had just already absorbed all the knowledge he needed to.

All this and he could make girls turn the color of an avocado.

]]> By: dfan http://dfan.org/blog/2009/06/18/spewer-5-michael-moorcock/comment-page-1/#comment-3291 dfan Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:38:43 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=759#comment-3291 Good one, you are absolutely right! I have two Fall albums (Hex Enduction Hour and The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall) and like them, but was always a little intimidated from exploring them further. Now that we're up to six, that makes this a real category and not just a collection of a couple of guys. Now I need some painters or classical composers or something. Domenico Scarlatti? Alan Hovhaness? Good one, you are absolutely right! I have two Fall albums (Hex Enduction Hour and The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall) and like them, but was always a little intimidated from exploring them further. Now that we’re up to six, that makes this a real category and not just a collection of a couple of guys. Now I need some painters or classical composers or something. Domenico Scarlatti? Alan Hovhaness?

]]> By: Daniel Koning http://dfan.org/blog/2009/06/18/spewer-5-michael-moorcock/comment-page-1/#comment-3290 Daniel Koning Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:31:29 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=759#comment-3290 Possible Spewer candidate, hitherto unmentioned: Mark E. Smith? Possible Spewer candidate, hitherto unmentioned: Mark E. Smith?

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