Appropriation of the artefacts of the past has been rationalised by museums las the necessary preservation of human achievement.
FINDERS-KEEPERS AND THE MORAL INDIGNATION OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATON
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WHEN DEATH BECOMES ‘PASSING’ AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSES ARE LEARNED FROM TV DRAMA, WHAT CHANCE DOES EXPRESSIONIST FIGURATIVE PAINTING HAVE?
WHEN DEATH BECOMES ‘PASSING’ AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSES ARE LEARNED FROM TV DRAMA, WHAT CHANCE DOES EXPRESSIONIST FIGURATIVE PAINTING HAVE?
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LIVING ARTISTS FESTIVAL. AUGUST 2021
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR AGEING FOREIGN MONARCHS AND HORSE RACES – HOW ABOUT ONE FOR THE ARTS?
I think the message here is don’t wait for self-serving governments or tech billionaires to pass on a few cents.
THE IMPROBABLE MOMENT
A painting such as this is just such a moment. The figure is caught in motion, in transition, while the other areas are motionless but enlivened with texture. Words appear as seeming dialogue – the visualisation of a soundtrack. In film recording, the sound and picture are treated separately and only brought together in the editing. Again, this is artificial. We experience sound and picture simultaneously however, while the picture can be isolated to a static image or still, words are traditionally spoken at three words per second meaning that the words in the picture cannot be literally experienced at the same time as the figurative and textural elements in the painting. This contradiction creates not so much confusion as layers of improbability.
FINE – THE ART OF DOING WHATEVER YOU WANT.
It has been a long time since I considered what constitutes ‘fine art’ or even ‘art’ and I’m surprised that the debate still continues or that anyone still feels the need to define either.