Thursday, February 3, 2011

11.391 PETER DOIG

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  1. ARTIST. SOLD AT SOTHEBY'S FOR $11.3 MILLION. MANY OF DOIG'S PICTURES ARE LANDSCAPES, VERY ABSTRACT, THE LANDSCAPES ARE SPLENDIDLY LAYERED FORMALLY AND CONCEPTUALLY, AND DRAW ON ASSORTED ARTISTS FROM ART HISTORY, INCLUDING EDVARD MUNCH AND CLAUDE MONET TO FRIEDRICH AND KLIMT. HIS WORKS ARE FREQUENTLY BASED ON FOUND PHOTOGRAPHS DOIG IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS SERIES OF PAINTINGS OF LE CORBUSIER’S MODERNIST COMMUNAL LIVING APARTMENTS KNOWN AS L’UNITE D’HABITATION THE MODERN URBAN STRUCTURES ARE PARTIALLY REVEALED AND HIDDEN BY THE FOREST THAT SURROUNDS THEM. “WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT, YOU TAKE THE STRANGENESS OF THE ARCHITECTURE FOR GRANTED”.

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