by Alan Todd | Jun 24, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
This week I received a copy of Prime, The Next Generation of artists [Phaiden]. It follows the Vitamin series in canvassing the art world as a predictive summation rather than writing in retrospect as is the case for every other book on my shelves. Some 700...
by Alan Todd | Jun 7, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
Living in South Australia, something I hear every so often is that there is little or no art criticism available – the death of various publications usually held to blame in the wake of covid. That doesn’t mean that criticism isn’t taking place at...
by Alan Todd | May 28, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
Even a cursory glance at the history of art in the last century or so suggests radical change occurred with great frequency – at least that is how the history is written. The neat divisions between recognised movements, the all-embracing groupings of artists lumped...
by Alan Todd | May 13, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
So, according to a shocked pundit, people are into NFTs for the money. Wasn’t that the point? Any pretentions towards promoting the work of artists went out of the window when every man and his dog jumped on the bandwagon in the thrall of the investment...
by Alan Todd | May 5, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, digital art, Opinion, Painting, Sculpture
There is a reality to being an artist today that seems to be at odds with public perception. One debated area is the employment status of the artist and the other, the provenance of the work. Just what is so precious about the hand of the artist that a work instantly...
