Tag Archives: landscape


David Hockney

‘Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)’ by David Hockney (1971)


Léon Spilliaert

Léon Spilliaert, ‘Paysage de dunes’ (1926)


Richard Long

‘Turf Circle, England’ by Richard Long (1966)


Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico, ‘Delights of the poet’ (1913)


Erik Wesselo

Erik Wesselo, ‘Düffels Möll’ (1997)


Sigurdur Gudmundsson

‘Rendez-vous’ (1976) by Sigurdur Gudmundsson.


Barbara & Michael Leisgen

‘Mimesis’ (1973(?)) by Barbara & Michael Leisgen. (via)

 


Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall‘s ‘A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai)’ (1993)


Zoe Leonard

The series ‘You see I am here after all’ by Zoe Leonard.

A work comprising several thousand vintage postcards of Niagara Falls, dating from the early 1900s to the 1950s. Rendered stereotypical and generic through repetition over decades, these landscape motifs are emblematic of mass culture’s transformation of natural sites into tourist destinations. As installed at the Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, NY.

 


Phil Collins

image via rhizome.org

‘The world won’t listen’ (2005) by Phil Collins.

Phil Collins asked fans in Colombia, Turkey and Indonesia to karaoke to songs of The Smiths. Working with local musicians, he re-recorded the backing tracks of the entire album. The karaoke singers are placed in front of photographs of beautiful landscapes.