There are any number of terms in art that cause confusion not least of which are those that try to divide art, artists and time into clearly defined movements as you so often find in art text books.
MODERN, POST MODERN and CONTEMPORARY
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PAINTING AND ILLUSTRATION – the unspecified divide.
I recently read a piece of critical writing about an exhibition where the writer described the work as ‘close to illustration’. The artist had every right to be perplexed. It seemed that there was a divide between ‘real’ art and a lesser form known as illustration. In...
THE FORGERY, THE COPY AND THE BREACH OF COPYRIGHT
Recently an artist on FB asked if making a study/copy of an artist’s work was a breach of copyright and someone else added that you would end up in jail if you did.
DO WE REALLY NEED CATALOGUE ESSAYS? I THINK NOT
I have lost count of how many times I have gone to an exhibition and been presented at the door with a book-length explanation of the work on the walls or the floor.
THE POLITICAL POWER OF EASEL PAINTING: FACT OR FALLACY
I recently spoke to a young artist, barely out of art school, who believed that her work could alter or shape people’s thinking about animals and the environment.
TIME IS ONE FILTER< CONTEMPLATIVE STILLNESS THE OTHER
In an article on sustainability in art Allen looks to the state of mind of the artist rather than the objects produced. This set me thinking [as does all of his writing] about my own practice.