Post: #1

Been browsing through some of the "crib-pimping/bachelor pad" threads and there's not much discussion about art or artists, just some general recommendations like "no bare posters unless you want to look like a college freshman." (/thread-3844.html)

So what art do you guys like? Obviously there's Banksy. A friend of mine likes Basquiat but he's a little crazy for my taste. I like Norman Rockwell but more than one or two pieces by him and people will probably think you got your entire collection from your grandfather's attic. If you like nature photos, Thomas D Mangleson has some compelling ones. Or maybe you just print out and frame memes and reaction gifs from the internet. Then there's band, movie, and sports propaganda.

Post: #2

A subject close to my heart! My top five artists would have to be: Rembrandt, Dali, Escher, Monet & Klimt. Of these five, I only own one piece - a woodcut of "Sun & Moon" by Escher that I bought back in the 90's on eBay for 12k - now it's estimated value is 25k....worth more than the rest of my entire art collection.

The vast majority of the rest of my collection falls into three categories: 1960's rock posters, surf art and modern pop surrealism. My rock poster collection numbers 100+ vintage pieces; about 20 are framed and hanging on my walls including a signed Giger, a signed Roger Dean litho, and an almost-complete collection of the late surf/rock artist Rick Griffin's poster art. I initially saw many of these Griffin images as an impressionable 12 year-old stoner kid at a boarding school in Idyllwild, CA "way back in '67" (to steal a Steely Dan lyric!) and it left an indelible impression on me. In 2007, the Laguna Art Museum had a big summer show of Griffin's work - having weaseled my way into the heavyweight Griffin collectors circle, I was asked to be one of the three photographers to shoot the accompanying catalog. THAT was a treat - photographing original oils/acrylics with values in the six-figure range (the founder of a major surf clothing line had the gnarliest collections - his home in Palos Verdes had a Griffin collection worth millions)!

The surf art includes of course Rick Griffin, Jim Evans, Rick Rietveld and others. The pop surrealism, which I've begun collecting in the past three years, includes prints by Robert Williams, Glenn Barr, Todd Schorr, Natalia Fabia and others.

I collect because I love the art, not as an investment...and I'm looking forward to filling my new home with newly-framed stuff that's been heretofore been languishing in storage flats under my bed!

Post: #3

The "poster part" of the collection (not including my favorites, which are framed & hanging) laid out at my office - primarily Griffin, Moscoso, Wilson, Mouse/Kelley - who are known as "The Big Five" and did the lion's share of posters for Bill Graham's Fillmore and Chet Helm's Avalon Ballroom...in their time '65-'69, the hippest spot in California!

Post: #4

...and some of my favorites, hanging in my crib AKA "Guitar Center/Americana at Brand"

Post: #5

(08-08-2013 06:36 PM)StudebacherHoch Wrote:  ...and some of my favorites, hanging in my crib AKA "Guitar Center/Americana at Brand"

Holy fuck bro, that's quite a collection!

And is that a chapman stick there to the side? I'm jealous.

Post: #6

It's actually an electric sitar (a real sitar, not the Coral Sitar-Guitar - which is also in that rack ala "Hooked on a Feelin'") - thanks!

Post: #7

For me the cinema is the highest form of the arts. It can practically combine every element and make it into a beautiful symphony of the arts.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Napoleon Hill

Post: #8

(08-11-2013 07:32 PM)Staros Wrote:  For me the cinema is the highest form of the arts. It can practically combine every element and make it into a beautiful symphony of the arts.

I agree, in fact as I recall Banksy says the same thing himself in Exit Through the Gift Shop.

But one thing that you can't really do with cinema is personalize your dwelling or generally affect the look and feel of a space.

Post: #9

I got a bunch of old school classic movie stills on quality paper from allposters:

steve mcqueen, pacino in godfather, clint eastwood, and a couple old school pinup bond-type girls

bitches love it, they always go: "you have the greatest bachelor pad and I feel so comfortable here although I could never live here cause its too modern looking." LOL!!! These bitches places look like their grandmother set it up for them haha