Answers to artists #1 and #4 in yesterday's Friday Afternoon Challenge!

[CTyankee]

The two artists who were not identified are as follows: #1 is David Hockney, #4 is Claes Oldenburg.

Thanks to all the winners: Kurovski, Muse Rider, elehhhhna, and WinkyDink! Thanks to everybody participating and making it a lively exchange about art, in this instance modern art.

See you next Friday for another fun challenge! :hi:

[xchrom]

1. recommend

so they see it.

[CTyankee]

2. We had lots of fun. Hope you'll join us next time...

[WinkyDink]

3. I look forward to it! :-)

[CTyankee]

9. Wink, you were great! Were you an art major?

[sufrommich]

4. I love your Friday Afternoon Challenges and always look

forward to them.Bravo.

[CTyankee]

11. Thank you! I try to do interesting ones as a sort of transition from the work week

for folks. I'm retired, so I have time to dream up these Challenges...

[zeemike]

5. Got a link?

Might like this but this is the first I heard of it.

[blogslut]

7. Here you go

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=349515&mesg_id=349515

[CTyankee]

10. Hey, Blog, thanks for joining us. You've been a stalwart of the Challenges.

I hope you'll make it next week...I'll be switching gears from modern art...

[NYC_SKP]

6. Cheers! Your Friday Afternoon Challenges have been more and more....

...challenging!

Thanks for one of my favorite features, CTyankee!

:toast:

[CTyankee]

8. Thanks! They've gotta be challenging cuz you guys are GOOD!

Plus, I love to hear from others about how they discovered the art under discussion. Everybody has such wonderful experiences! So it's fun to revisit them, in a way.

[NYC_SKP]

13. Here's a treat for you, some self-portraits, Claes is among them...

http://americanpicturelinks.com/Artists5.htm

My fav, Chuck Close:



:hi:

[CTyankee]

14. Thanks. Those were terrific. I also love Elizabeth Murray...that distinctive gray hair...

[CTyankee]

15. Thanks. Those were terrific. I also love Elizabeth Murray...that distinctive gray hair...

[Kurovski]

16. And the thing that gets me is that Claes Oldenburg's initials

were right there on the work. I'm blaming my headache for obstruction of knowledge. Yeah, that's it.

[Saturday]

12. I didn't see it yesterday.

Just checked out the link, that was fun.:)