Chicago Ugly
Chicago had a 20th century tradition of joining the old-master tradition of figure representation with a vision of ugliness.
The most famous painter of this school was Ivan Albright:
The best known (but still little-known) sculptor was Szukalski:
(fans have made a web-gallery for him here
And here's a drawing by Fred Berger, a recently deceased master, member of the "monster roster", and beloved teacher:
When is ugly just ugly -- and when is it powerful/majestic/uplifting ?
The most famous painter of this school was Ivan Albright:
The best known (but still little-known) sculptor was Szukalski:
(fans have made a web-gallery for him here
And here's a drawing by Fred Berger, a recently deceased master, member of the "monster roster", and beloved teacher:
When is ugly just ugly -- and when is it powerful/majestic/uplifting ?
posted by chris miller at 12:06 PM
1 Comments:
Ugly is uplifting and contemplative when artistic acesticism penetrates to the primal and essential.See Thomas Mrytek's portrait bust of Gerhart Hauptman in the German portraits of Hauptman section of the Ilovefiguresculpture website.
Mike
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