by Alan Todd | Sep 27, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
There have been any number of attempts to distinguish between Art and Craft. A friend of mine goes further and divides craft into two with ‘high craft’ as a pinnacle akin to art. In one version of a comparison chart[1],Art is ‘unstructured and boundless’ while...
by Alan Todd | Sep 19, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, digital art, Opinion, Painting, Review
Not that long ago I could define Abstract art as work without a formal, recognisable subject and essentially, centripetal. Dictionary.com describes it as ‘A trend in painting and sculpture in the twentieth century. Abstract art seeks to break away from traditional...
by Alan Todd | Sep 6, 2021 | Art, Artwork, Opinion, Sculpture
I’ve read recently of the ongoing efforts to return cultural artefacts to their countries of origin and works of art to their owners. Visiting the British Museum in my youth, I was struck by the huge collection and often, huge pieces of gateways, sculptures and...
by Alan Todd | Aug 21, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
Adelaide artist Tom Phillips is a rarity. Painting figurative images of loneliness, separation and societal breakdown with sculpturally thick and glutinous paint, is in direct contrast to the inward-looking, angst-driven personal abstraction and aesthetic minimalism...
