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.
FINE – THE ART OF DOING WHATEVER YOU WANT.
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TIK TOK AND THE ART HISTORY SHUFFLE. LET’S DANCE!
Today it is Tik Tok reducing the world to the insignificant and inconsequential.
THE IVORY TOWER, THE OPTIMIST AND THE FAILURE OF ARTS EDUCATION
So, while curriculum writers and critics argue about how many Australian artists might be mentioned in classrooms, their endeavours will fall on deaf ears unless the visual arts are prioritised and not left to chance and competing curriculum demands of what becomes increasingly irrelevant in people’s lives.
OF BANKSY, BIG BROTHER AND THE PAPAL INDISCRETION?
Another public case against yet another giant corporation on behalf of street artists everywhere at least keeps the rights of street artists in the public spotlight.
CENSORSHIP, POWER and a POLICEMAN WITH A BRUSH.
Trying to separate the artist from the work of art or the colonial imperialist from the nature of the culture created, is futile.
COLLABORATION, SYNCHRONICITY and a LEAP OF FAITH
Collaboration at any time is a matter or trust and mutual understanding. Committees, musicians and any manner of team and familial groups all manage it more or less successfully. For artists though it is a very different matter. Artists traditionally work alone. When...