Painting playlists
In the same way that I make playlists of songs, I’m starting to make playlists of paintings. These are ongoing collections that I’ll keep adding to as I find more cool stuff.
The stream
Below is a running stream of paintings I like—a little bit of everything.
Miriam Marafioti, 1996
This is by an Italian artist named Miriam Marafioti. I saw her work in person in Florence, and this collection was breathtaking.
There is a sense of calm about this painting despite the explosion of colour. To me, it sounds a lot like Weird Fishes by Radiohead.
It feels like looking out over a familiar city you’re about to leave.
Haris Nukem
Haris Nukem is a photographer I have been following for a while. He uses mixed media to achieve these results, and they feel like a more vivid way of experiencing reality. For some reason, I think his style as a whole sounds like this Novo Amor song.
Hyunsun Yoo, The party is over
Francis Bacon, Self Portraits
These paintings really started to get me into art. I saw the first of these at auction and was entirely taken aback by it. Mostly, I remember being struck by how strange it would be to view oneself in this way. What would you have to think of yourself for this to be your self-portrait? And how would I represent myself through visual art?
In some ways, their abruptness reminds me of this Dora Jar song.
Adrian Ghenie, Self-Portrait with Picassoesque Background
My fascination with Bacon’s self-portraits led me to Adrian Ghenie’s. This one is hard to describe. It sounds like this:
Adrian Ghenie, Various
I started getting more into psychological surrealism from here. These paintings are very distinct but, to my eyes, quite disturbing. There is something quite unsettling about this portrayal of the human face. I think they all evoke this feeling:
I can’t think of a good sound for this off the top of my head. Perhaps something in the shape of this Luke Slott piece, but with more complex instrumentation? Not really, though. I think this piece captures the ‘controlled unease’ of it all.
Neo Rauch, Various
This is all so whimsical! It reminds me of early P!ATD.