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Posted on January 29, 2004October 12, 2008 by deadprogrammer

State Of The Art

“Robert Natkin discovered his calling at age 17, in Chicago, when he opened a book and stumbled on the intense abstract art of Paul Klee. He was stunned by the beauty, the color harmonies, and the “music” in Klee’s work.” And decided to rip him off. Behold – the mural at the Newscorp Building (formerly Celanese Building):

Apparently people pay Mr. Natkin to do this sort of stuff. This only shows that corporate art today ain’t what it used to be. Here’s a mural from the former Eastern Airlines Building (currently bleakly called 10 Rockefeller Plaza ):

CategoriesUncategorized TagsAvenue of the Americas, Bauhaus, Celanese, Celanese Building, Chicago, Company Expansion, Cubism, Eastern Airlines Building, Klee, Modern art, Mural, New York City, Newscorp, Newscorp building, Painting, Paul Klee, Robert Natkin, Rockefeller Center, Rockefeller Plaza, Visual arts

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