by Alan Todd | Dec 28, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
This week I saw a film of a Chinese family who make endless copies of van Gogh paintings for the likes of Wall Mart. In one scene an order for 800 copies of one of his flower paintings was being met and the discussion was about quality of brush work. What van Gogh...
by Alan Todd | Dec 18, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, digital art, Opinion
An ex Australian Prime Minister once stated that ‘life wasn’t meant to be easy’. There was at least a hint of ‘protestant’/Catholic work ethic to this and a desire not to extend the welfare state any further. He had little to say about the Arts, unlike his...
by Alan Todd | Dec 2, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
Art and politics have always been inseparable bedfellows and every medium has taken its turn in encapsulating ideas of change, revolution, greatness and memoriality, from the permanency of sculpture and architecture to the impermanence of works on paper. Art...
by Alan Todd | Nov 19, 2022 | Art, Artist, Opinion, Painting
In the early 1700s, Art in the hands of a painter and interior designer such as the Belgian painter Watteau or the French painter Fragonard became ‘visions of a life divorced from hardship….a dream-life of picnics in fairy parks where it never rains….where...
by Alan Todd | Nov 11, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
While I appreciate the depth of feeling and the inequalities associated with money spent on fripperies such as art while existential climate threats loom large, soup, glue and mashed potatoes thrown or smeared on works of art are going to do little more than...
