In Australia there is hardly an outback road sign that is not peppered with bullet holes but then again, this has nothing to do with art so much as road signs being fair game.
ORIGINALITY OR HOW TO LITIGATE YOUR WAY TO HEROIC STATUS
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AGE, RETIREMENT AND THE FALLACY OF YOUTH
My most frequent response to the question of retirement is that it depends what they mean by retired.
Inner Sanctum
For some decades now the art world has been pondering where it is heading, if it is heading anywhere in particular or in indeed if it could ever have a singular face
THE ANECDOTE THAT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING – EXCEPT HOW TO RESPOND
The speaker at an exhibition opening has to balance any number of aspects of both the art and the artist. Audiences come to openings hoping to come to grips with the work of the artist and expect anecdotes that impel understanding or at least, recognition that artists have lives beyond the gallery walls.
PERCEPTION, MISPERCEPTION AND PERCEPTUAL BLINDNESS
As soon as the audience asks ‘what does it mean?’ we are dealing not with perception but perceptual blindness.
OF BIRDS, SHARKS AND A SLIPPERY DIP
As someone said to me last year, ‘if I can’t hang my car keys on it, why would I buy it?’