by Alan Todd | Jan 23, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Sculpture
Artistically speaking, there is no doubt that world looks different now than it did even twenty years ago. This has nothing to do with external stimuli such as a pandemic or global warming but has everything to do with the role that artists have to assume and the way...
by Alan Todd | Jan 19, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
Should we be concerned about the state of visual arts education and opportunity in Australia? In any number of recent articles, the Australian art writer Christopher Allan has railed [if that is the right word] about the deficiencies of high school art...
by Alan Todd | Jan 16, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
I had to laugh. An online article concerning how to tell good art from bad began with a series of cliches – beauty is in the eye of the beholder; good art will speak to you; the artwork should invite itself to you; an artist puts a lot of work into their pieces....
by Alan Todd | Jan 12, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Sculpture
Once upon a time Picasso was one of the few artists everyone knew about or at least the one artist whose name everyone knew once you got past Da Vinci and Michaelangelo. A shrewd marketing campaign and regularly signing tablecloths to pay for a meal, all helped to...
by Alan Todd | Jan 12, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
The role of art and artists has altered over time. The ancient world is full of monuments to power, records of the doings of civilisations and individuals, and examples of the transmission and perpetuation of culture – the teachings and dogma of religions being...
