Tyler Green Modern Art Notes

Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty defeated Jasper Johns’ White Flag 56 percent to 44 percent in MAN’s Art Madness II: America Picks the Greatest Post-War Artwork tournament. Thanks for voting! [Image of Spiral Jetty via Flickr user Joevare.]

Here it is: The final match-up of MAN’s Art Madness II: America Picks the Greatest Post-War Artwork Tournament. We’ve ended up with a transformative American work of land art and a work that helped transform what a painting could be (and what the American flag could say). Voting ends Friday at 9am, with the winner revealed shortly thereafter.

Here are the results from the semi-final round of Art Madness II: America Picks the Greatest Post-War Artwork Tournament. Voting in the final begins tomorrow.

• Spiral Jetty d. Erased de Kooning Drawing 66%-34%; and
• White Flag d. Monogram, 53%-47%.

Here’s the final four in MAN’s Art Madness II: America Picks the Greatest Post-War Artwork Tournament! Voting on this round closes Monday, April 11 at 9am.

Here are the results in the round of 16 in Art Madness II: America Picks the Greatest Post-War Artwork Tournament. Voting in the round of eight begins on Thursday.

• White Flag d. Campbell’s Soup Cans, 57%-43%;
• Monogram d. One, Number 31, 1950, 50.8%-49.2%;
• Spiral Jetty d. Lavender Mist, Number 1, 1950, 62%-38%; and
• Erased de Kooning Drawing d. Untitled Film Stills, 51%-49%.

Here’s the Round of Eight in MAN’s Art Madness II: America Picks the Greatest Post-War Artwork Tournament! Voting on this round closes Wednesday, April 6 at 9am.

Related: The 64 seeds, how they were chosen.

Here are the results in the round of 16 in Art Madness II America Picks the Greatest Post-War Artwork Tournament. Voting in the round of eight begins on Monday.

• Untitled Film Stills d. Vietnam Veterans Memorial 54%-46%;
• Erased de Kooning Drawing d. Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) 59%-41%;
• Lavender Mist, Number 1, 1950 d. Flag (1954-55) 65%-35%;
• Spiral Jetty d. Shoot 81%-19%;
• One, Number 31, 1950 d. Bed 57%-43%;
• Monogram d. Twentysix Gasoline Stations 64%-36%;
• Campbell’s Soup Cans d. Three Flags 59%-41%; and
• White Flag d. The Americans 55%-45%.

Here’s the Round of 16 of MAN’s Art Madness II: America Picks the Greatest Post-War Artwork Tournament! Voting on this round closes Friday, April 1 at 9am.

Related: The 64 seeds, how they were chosen.

Here are the results for the second round of MAN’s Art Madness II. So far MAN readers are voting in accordance with the way MAN’s seeding team approached the ‘greatest post-war’ guideline: By supporting works from the earliest part of the post-war era. The lowest seeds to advance to the round of 16 are No. 28: Ed Ruscha’s Twentysix Gasoline Stations, No. 46: Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial and No. 55: Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans (at right).

I’m going to modify the voting schedule, so second-round voting will begin tomorrow. Here are the results:

Round two, part one

• White Flag d. One Ton Prop (House of Cards), 63%-37%;
• The Americans d. Etant donnes, 53%-47%;
• Campbell’s Soup Cans d. The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, 55%-45%;
• Three Flags d. Lavender Disaster 50.1%-49.9%;
• Twentysix Gasoline Stations d. Blue Poles, 52%-48%;
• Monogram d. Stations of the Cross, 56%-44%;
• One, Number 31, 1950 d. Splash Pieces 68%-32%;
• Bed d. Venice Storefront 71%-29%.

Round two, part two

• Spiral Jetty d. I like America…, 76%-24%;
• Shoot d. October 18. 1977, 61%-39%;
• Lavender Mist d. 100 untitled works in milled aluminum, 56%-44%;
• Flag (1954-55) d. Gold Marilyn Monroe, 63%-37%;
• Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) d. Woman I, 59%-41%;
• Erased de Kooning Drawing d. Uncle Rudi, 64%-36%;
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial d. 15 untitled works in concrete, 57%-43%;
• Untitled Film Stills d. Fifty Days at Iliam, 67%-33%.

Here’s the rest of the second round of MAN’s Art Madness II: America Picks the Greatest Post-War Artwork Tournament! The first part of the second round is here. Voting on both sections of the second round closes tomorrow, Tuesday, March 29 at 9am.

Related: The 64 seeds and the seeding method. The brackets and schedule. Round one results. Round two, part one.