ed kienholz

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http://www.beatmuseum.org/kienholz/images/memorial.jpg

why isn't he more well known? he's probably my favorite artist. am i smoking the crack rock?

― jess, Thursday, 24 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

that's lifesize by the way. as is this:

http://www.beatmuseum.org/kienholz/images/sollie.jpg

― jess, Thursday, 24 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

They are very good!

― jel, Thursday, 24 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

He needs to stay the fuck out of my apartment, the ghoul.

― Sweet Jackie Ass, Thursday, 24 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

So you're saying, Arthur, that three old mannequins constantly inhabit your bedroom.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

'fraid so. I told you I was new wave to the grave, didn't I?

― Arthur, Thursday, 24 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Astounding!

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

you forgot death of a hippie or the car one w. the old packard.
robert hughes book on american art has a v. good section on him, he is decent,.

― anthony, Thursday, 24 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

never heard of him before jess, but i like what you have posted, especially the first one. i shall investigate further. cheers

― gareth, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Kienholz, while he was always interested in dialogue with other artists, was never a part of any of the major movements which supposedly define modern american art. Additionally his work could be a bit hard for major critics to swallow sometimes (harder, at least, than the transcendant formalism of modernism, the cacaphony of Pop or the stubborn resistance of Minimalism) , as it almost always incorporated elements of obscenity, social satire and audience vouyerism.

Hence, Keinholz = critically underrated.

― turner, Monday, 28 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

I just think his works a lil hard to understand i gotta study him for an art project and my head hurts thinking about all his stuff. Prehaps it cus im not an art wizz :)

― joe, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

this is the first time i saw turner's post, and seeing this thread in new answers again makes me very happy.

kienholz committed some major sins in modern art (or any "high" art for that matter): he was coarse. even i cringe at some of his ideas/executions (for instance the pigs anus below the viewmaster where the text inside reads "if you believe in an eye for an eye, stick your tongue out right now.") i've never been able to decide if his "conceptual" pieces (selling little pieces of paper printed as money or with "ideas" for un-makable art) were serious or satire.

― jess, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

No, your not smoking "crack" rock. Ed is one of the better one's. not pretentous..which is a key to lower recognition from the public. The artists that do not touch the masses are usually say much more than the "joe-public" has the compasity to understand. Only a small sector of the world has the guts to feel and embrace revolutionary art and lit. I have no idea who you are or this website..but somehow I ended up here and now I must go on...so keep up your heads my little art kids...

― bigsecretrustycap doe, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I first saw Ed's work at the Whitney Retrospective on him soon after his death in 96(?). I was pretty damn young to be exposed to such whacked out art, but I loved it immediately. It conveys a dark feeling, echoing the darker side of human nature. He is a true genius, to be inside of his mind and his works was a true joy and a very rare experience-especially for me. I saw these works on my first and only trip to NYC as a fourteen year old boy. I have read that the works of Ed at that retrospective exhibition will probably never be under one roof together ever again. Sorry for the long answer, but I really love this guy's stuff.Love,peace, and Beanery grease, y'all. Bye.

― James Stevens, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Having viewed his work for the very fist time just 20 minutes ago, (albeit on the internet) I can't even begin to explain the impact of Mr. Keinholz' work. Profoundly enigmatic and as solid as any art through any age. For me a watershed artist. The critics can stuff it!

― jimmy james, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i really enjoy his work. i first encountered it in an art history class...we looked at his 'blue duck chair piece,' which i think would be a really good addition to your already existing collection of his work.

― patrick, Tuesday, 21 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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