Art For Death's Sake

[Garn2 34]

As my hope of victory fades, I may as well post about my sole unique pick, who looks unlikely to cash in any time soon...

 

King Robbo, noted graffiti artist (if you consider it art) and Bansky's supposed "rival" suffered a life-threatening head injury in April 2011, which left him in a medically-induced coma for several months. Since then the only update has been from his apparently offical Facebook page, stating that he has been in a persistant vegetative state since around last July.

 

I dropped him this year, so obviously...

 

Dead

 

Wouldn't have a been a unique, but still, some points lost if he gets an obit...

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As my hope of victory fades, I may as well post about my sole unique pick, who looks unlikely to cash in any time soon...

 

King Robbo, noted graffiti artist (if you consider it art) and Bansky's supposed "rival" suffered a life-threatening head injury in April 2011, which left him in a medically-induced coma for several months. Since then the only update has been from his apparently offical Facebook page, stating that he has been in a persistant vegetative state since around last July.

 

I dropped him this year, so obviously...

 

Dead

 

Wouldn't have a been a unique, but still, some points lost if he gets an obit...

 

RIP

[Garn2 34]

As my hope of victory fades, I may as well post about my sole unique pick, who looks unlikely to cash in any time soon...

 

King Robbo, noted graffiti artist (if you consider it art) and Bansky's supposed "rival" suffered a life-threatening head injury in April 2011, which left him in a medically-induced coma for several months. Since then the only update has been from his apparently offical Facebook page, stating that he has been in a persistant vegetative state since around last July.

 

I dropped him this year, so obviously...

 

Dead

 

Wouldn't have a been a unique, but still, some points lost if he gets an obit...

 

He does...

[Death Impends 7,979]

Seems fitting that Robbo is the first scoring death for one of the teams that robs survivors from the previous year's top 20...

[time 8,618]

Last of the 'Pitman Painters', Norman Cornish dies aged 94.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

I think some careers just died after this scathing review of the 2014 Turner Prize exhibition by Waldemar Janusczak: http://www.waldemar.tv/2014/10/2402/

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

 

 

A couple more...

Frank Stella (72)

Carl Andre (73)

Good calls for top 10 aging artists. Jasper Johns (78)? (Edit. Sorry just seen TAFKAG above)

 

May I add

Claes Oldenburg (79)

Wayne Thiebaud (87)

Christo (73)

Bridget Riley (77)

Jose Bernal (83, has Parkinsons)

Gerhard Richter (76)

Howard Hodgkin (75)

Pierre Soulages (88)

 

Also, the critic Brian Sewell is 76, but looked in rude health (what other sort would you expect?) when I saw him at the opera yesterday. However, Robert Hughes, the influential author of 'The Shock of the New', though only 69, is not in such good shape.

 

 

Brian Sewell has cancer.

[YoungWillz 21,058]

William King, New York based sculptor died on March 4 at age 90. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/arts/design/william-king-sculptor-who-used-wit-dies-at-90.html?_r=0 Apologies in advance if posted elsewhere, but search didn't turn him up.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Ray Meyers, an original sculptor of Aurora Monsters (ie Godzilla) being reported dead, still looking for link to confirm.

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[YoungWillz 21,058]

Sargy Mann, painter who was registered blind in 1988 but who still painted, has died at 77. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4407737.ece

 

Here's a news story on BBC from last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29741908

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Sargy Mann, painter who was registered blind in 1988 but who still painted, has died at 77. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4407737.ece

 

Here's a news story on BBC from last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29741908

Guessing the post-blindness paintings weren't worth a fuck.

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[Magere Hein 1,400]

 

Sargy Mann, painter who was registered blind in 1988 but who still painted, has died at 77. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4407737.ece

 

Here's a news story on BBC from last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29741908

Guessing the post-blindness paintings weren't worth a fuck.

 

With some modern painters there wouldn't be a difference.

Jackson Pollock - Convergence (1952)

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Ray Meyers, an original sculptor of Aurora Monsters (ie Godzilla) being reported dead, still looking for link to confirm.

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Updating with an obituary from the funeral home itself, thus making it official. Looks like he was also a WWII vet.

http://www.stradlingfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/2107102/Meyers-Raymond/obituary.php?Printable=true

[YoungWillz 21,058]

Joseph Maxwell, Scottish artist and also WWII veteran who met and discussed art with Picasso, died on 30 March aged 89. http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-joseph-maxwell-rsw-artist-teacher-1-3751521

[gcreptile 10,978]

Performance artist Chris Burden is dead at 69 because of malignant melanoma:

 

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-chris-burden-dies-20150510-story.html#page=1

 

Of special relevance to me because his most famous art performance, nailing himself to a Volkswagen, inspired a line in David Bowie's great song "Joe the Lion" ("Nail me to my car, and I'll tell you who you are").

[Sir Creep 7,070]

I guess this is where we plop a graphic designer.

Jerry Dior, whose design of a hitter awaiting a pitch is the universally recognized symbol of Major League Baseball, as well as one of the most visible and influential graphic images of our time, died May 10 at his home in Edison, N.J. He was 82.

The cause was colon cancer.

 

Well that's fair, it took MLB 40 years to recognize Dior as the designer of their logo, so it took Dior's wife 3 weeks to announce he died.

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http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/sports/baseball/jerry-dior-designer-of-major-league-baseballs-logo-dies-at-82.html?_r=0&referrer=

[mijkediablo 79]

Anglesey artist Gwilym Prichard dead. Not sure how well-known he was, probably won't get an obit, but I'm posting his death because his landscapes (seen in link) were quite lovely.

 

http://www.artwales.com/artists-detail-mtg-en.php?artistID=44

[YoungWillz 21,058]

Anglesey artist Gwilym Prichard dead. Not sure how well-known he was, probably won't get an obit, but I'm posting his death because his landscapes (seen in link) were quite lovely.

 

http://www.artwales.com/artists-detail-mtg-en.php?artistID=44

BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-33040141

[YoungWillz 21,058]

Nek Chand Saini, known for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen-acre sculpture garden in the city of Chandigarh, India, 90. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33105899

 

One team on the DDP successful with their joker, no less.

[themaninblack 2,112]

Nek Chand Saini, known for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen-acre sculpture garden in the city of Chandigarh, India, 90. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33105899

 

One team on the DDP successful with their joker, no less.

 

I think we're heading for another hits record, just a question of how many...

[gcreptile 10,978]

Norwegian Carl Nesjar, collaborator with Picasso and creator of HUGE murals, is dead at 94:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11675444/Carl-Nesjar-artist-obituary.html

 

The article also mentions the death of his first wife, Inger Sitter, also an artist, in March.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

The woman who is the namesake of Auburn University's Art Museum has passed away.

Jule Collins Smith, known for her passion for the arts and education, died Saturday in Houston.

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http://m.wsfa.com/wsfa/pm_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=od:MzyZkZFX

[YoungWillz 21,058]

Miriam Schapiro, feminist artist, 91. http://hyperallergic.com/216461/remembering-miriam-schapiro-1923-2015/

 

One DDP team awaiting qualifying obit.

[YoungWillz 21,058]

Jules Wright, the first female director of the Royal Court Theatre and founder of the Wapping Project arts space, 67, cancer. http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/arts-world-pays-tribute-as-powerhouse-jules-wright-loses-cancer-fight-10339050.html

[The Dead Cow 620]

Donald Featherstone, the artist who created the plastic pink flamingo, has died aged 79.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/23/donald-featherstone-plastic-pink-flamingo-creator