Artistic relevance and purpose will always be called into question and while the world continues to marvel at the prices paid for art at auction, any condemnations of decadence are more squarely pointed at those who see art solely in monetary terms.
Time and place are obvious triggers to both memory and experience – rendering light though colour at a specific moment in time to capture a moment of beauty is not a new idea but such moments are rapidly superseded. Such is the nature of light.
When I see the work of someone like a Phyllida Barlow with an installation endlessly taking over a gallery space there is a distinct feeling of amazement because what has characterised my art from the outset has been the self-enclosed limiting factor of the edge of a canvas or sculpture with a definitive outline.
I think it comes down to the society we have created where the expectation of something for nothing pervades every aspect of the retail market
Sure, the abyss is great for staring into. But if screaming is your thing, you’ll want to go with the void [anon]
Given three hundred years from now the baby boomers, millennials and Gen Z will be long gone and the ultra-rich will be camped on Mars thumbing their noses at the have-nots. ‘Comedian’ may well be an apt description.