Art For Death's Sake

[Phantom 2,531]

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

 

What scares me more than the people that buy these items of garden decor is that he and his wife wore matching outfits

 

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

 

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

 

What scares me more than the people that buy these items of garden decor is that he and his wife wore matching outfits

 

 

That TV series 'Ever Decreasing Circles' was either art imitating life or Mr and Mrs Featherstone were imitating Howard and Hilda....

[mijkediablo 79]

Miriam Schapiro, feminist artist, creator of the Womanhouse installation and co-founder of the Pattern and Decoration movement, dead at 91.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/arts/design/miriam-schapiro-91-a-feminist-artist-who-harnessed-craft-and-pattern-dies.html?_r=0

[Sir Creep 7,070]

John Joline, artist and teacher at the AVA Gallery in Lebanon, dies of cancer at 67 (on June 3rd).

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http://mobile.vnews.com/home/17386522-108/a-life-john-joline-iv-1948-2015-he-was-always-looking-out-for-the-beginner

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Miriam Schapiro, feminist artist, creator of the Womanhouse installation and co-founder of the Pattern and Decoration movement, dead at 91.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/arts/design/miriam-schapiro-91-a-feminist-artist-who-harnessed-craft-and-pattern-dies.html?_r=0

http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=6496&p=229785

[Bibliogryphon 9,569]

 

 

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

 

What scares me more than the people that buy these items of garden decor is that he and his wife wore matching outfits

 

 

That TV series 'Ever Decreasing Circles' was either art imitating life or Mr and Mrs Featherstone were imitating Howard and Hilda....

 

 

Apparently Stanley Lebor who played Howard in EDC died last November. Don't recall seeing anyone mention that.

[BuriedInCarolina 46]

Her pus is done painting ....

 

Shigeko Kubota, a Creator of Video Sculptures, Dies at 77; Once in New York, she became a central figure in the group, making an immediate impact with the performance work "Vagina Painting".

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/arts/design/shigeko-kubota-a-creator-of-video-sculptures-dies-at-77.html

[Handrejka 1,903]

 

 

 

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

 

What scares me more than the people that buy these items of garden decor is that he and his wife wore matching outfits

 

 

That TV series 'Ever Decreasing Circles' was either art imitating life or Mr and Mrs Featherstone were imitating Howard and Hilda....

 

 

Apparently Stanley Lebor who played Howard in EDC died last November. Don't recall seeing anyone mention that.

 

 

I did, a couple of times I think, in the Mollie Sugden et al thread.

[gcreptile 10,963]

French Artist Alan Fertil dead after falling from his roof where he had installed his sunbed:

 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-alan-fertil-passed-away-in-tragic-accident-325298

[BuriedInCarolina 46]

Ionel Talpazan, Whose U.F.O. Art Had Sightings All Over, Dies at 60

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/arts/design/ionel-talpazan-whose-ufo-art-had-sightings-all-over-dies-at-60.html?

[gcreptile 10,963]

John Berg, art director and cover designer for several classic LP's by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Sly Stone and more, has died at 83:

 

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/john-berg-album-art-director-for-springsteen-dylan-dead-at-83-20151013

[BuriedInCarolina 46]

Lennart Anderson, Painter Who Put Modern Twist on the Masters, Dies at 87

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/arts/design/lennart-anderson-painter-who-put-modern-twist-on-the-masters-dies-at-87.html?

 

http://www.lennartanderson.com/imgs/1990s/51110009.jpg

[gcreptile 10,963]

Judy Cassab, Holocaust survivor and famous Australian painter, dies at 95:

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/03/judy-cassab-australian-artist-and-holocaust-survivor-dies-aged-95

[YoungWillz 21,024]

Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs has died at 85. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/austrian-painter-ernst-fuchs-dies-85-35068586

 

One DDP team seeks a UK obit.

 

Edit: Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3310094/Austrian-painter-Ernst-Fuchs-dies-85.html

[Toast 16,129]

Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs has died at 85. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/austrian-painter-ernst-fuchs-dies-85-35068586

 

One DDP team seeks a UK obit.

 

Edit: Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3310094/Austrian-painter-Ernst-Fuchs-dies-85.html

 

That caption will write itself ....

[gcreptile 10,963]

Noted American sculptor David Hostetler dead at 88:

 

http://woub.org/2015/11/18/noted-athens-sculptor-david-hostetler-passes-away/

[RadGuy 1,614]

http://rollingout.com/2015/11/28/prominent-artist-eldzier-cortor-dies-99/

 

Eldzier Cortor dead at 99.

 

I'm pretty pissed, because I almost had him in my shadow list but chose to replace him because I didn't think he was famous enough.

[Toast 16,129]

http://rollingout.com/2015/11/28/prominent-artist-eldzier-cortor-dies-99/

 

Eldzier Cortor dead at 99.

 

I'm pretty pissed, because I almost had him in my shadow list but chose to replace him because I didn't think he was famous enough.

 

Drowning your sorrows, I assume.

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

 

http://rollingout.com/2015/11/28/prominent-artist-eldzier-cortor-dies-99/

 

Eldzier Cortor dead at 99.

 

I'm pretty pissed, because I almost had him in my shadow list but chose to replace him because I didn't think he was famous enough.

 

Drowning your sorrows, I assume.

 

RadGuy is 14 and in Illinois; not even his mum can give him a can of weak beer.

https://www.illinois.gov/ilcc/Education/Pages/Under21Laws.aspx#drink

Minimum age for drinking (not purchasing) alcohol in the U.K. is FIVE RadGuy.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Ales Vesely, a Czech artist known for his monumental sculptures, has died aged 80. Vesely was found dead in his Prague apartment Monday. No cause was given.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/europe/czech-artist-ales-vesely-dies-at-80/2015/12/16/2b22fada-a40b-11e5-8318-bd8caed8c588_story.html

[gcreptile 10,963]

French Art critic and poet himself, Alain Jouffroy dead at 87:

 

https://news.artnet.com/people/alain-jouffroy-has-died-397872

 

He 'rebelled against the absence of rebellion' and made himself irrelevant.

[Magere Hein 1,400]

He 'rebelled against the absence of rebellion' and made himself irrelevant.

Quite an achievement, that.

[YoungWillz 21,024]

Ellsworth Kelly Obituary. He was 92. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/arts/design/ellsworth-kelly-artist-who-mixed-european-abstraction-into-everyday-life-dies-at-92.html?_r=0

 

A unique on the DDP and also a hit for Death Impends on the current Shaun's Death By Numbers.

 

Awaiting UK obit for DDP.

[Death Impends 7,953]

Nice timing. He wasn't going to be reupped for my 2016 Death By Numbers.

[Grimmrpm999 3]

This topic has taken a while to deliver. The art work above is awsome. The vomit painter, Emins, Hurst etc... That stuff leaves me cold. A very clever group of people, but not that talented.