Recently I installed two tall wooden sculptures outside a gallery against a backdrop of endless rows of grape vines. They were there for the duration of an exhibition - a matter of six weeks. They didn’t survive. Oriented east-west to emulate the ancient stone...
ou are the artist, the creator, and it is your own ego that is being satisfied. It is rewarding if others understand your aim but it is never your duty to explain it…
Can we say that contemporary art has stopped moving forward and is essentially moribund and reeking of turpitude? Perhaps. As a society we have found a way of having all styles, ideas and histories running simultaneously. There is no past and no present.
s there actually a common denominator for general acceptance or don’t you even bother asking on the basis that if the public sees something often enough they’ll get used to it?
Cultural worth can always be measured by monetary worth or if that fails to impress, an algorithm.
If we were talking about a picture of a gun [not banned at the moment] then I could understand it. Any picture of any gun will likely send people into the streets on a mindless killing spree. In some countries, men in particular collect guns to hang on the wall and salivate over with the eternal hope of being able to legally or illegally kill someone…and of course, many do.