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THE DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO SUFFER AS AN ARTIST
If there is a direct link between art and democracy it is that under any democratic society artists have the collective right to be poor, put upon, misunderstood, barely tolerated and to complain vociferously.
NOWHERE TO HIDE
It is not often that portrait painting...
ORIGINALITY OR HOW TO LITIGATE YOUR WAY TO HEROIC STATUS
In Australia there is hardly an outback road sign that is not peppered with bullet holes but then again, this has nothing to do with art so much as road signs being fair game.
AGE, RETIREMENT AND THE FALLACY OF YOUTH
My most frequent response to the question of retirement is that it depends what they mean by retired.
Inner Sanctum
For some decades now the art world has been pondering where it is heading, if it is heading anywhere in particular or in indeed if it could ever have a singular face
BAROSSA ARTS FESTIVAL
THE ANECDOTE THAT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING – EXCEPT HOW TO RESPOND
The speaker at an exhibition opening has to balance any number of aspects of both the art and the artist. Audiences come to openings hoping to come to grips with the work of the artist and expect anecdotes that impel understanding or at least, recognition that artists have lives beyond the gallery walls.
PERCEPTION, MISPERCEPTION AND PERCEPTUAL BLINDNESS
As soon as the audience asks ‘what does it mean?’ we are dealing not with perception but perceptual blindness.
OF BIRDS, SHARKS AND A SLIPPERY DIP
As someone said to me last year, ‘if I can’t hang my car keys on it, why would I buy it?’
THE ART OF LIMITED CHOICES
There are those in society who claim the right to do whatever they want, whenever they want. To an extent society tolerates such behaviour but that is the point. Tolerance is set within guidelines and laws which promulgate and protect order. ‘Radical’ artists are tolerated and encouraged as a necessary basis to establishing those norms and inevitably become mainstream before they know it. Free will with constraints.
EXHIBITIONS IN 2024
EXHIBITIONS IN 2024 As 2023 comes to an end I...
THE REBELLION IN. ART OR THE ART OF THE REBELLION
THE REBEL YELL FALLS ON DEAF EARS BUT WE STILL WANT IT NOW