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DISLOCATION, PARALLEL WORLDS AND THE ULTIMATE FAILURE
n essence, the gallery is the tool of the owner/curator not the artist.
THE HIGH PRICE OF ART YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF
people go on cruises to spend money and convince themselves that they are living the high life once reserved for the aristocracy. Buying a piece of art would certainly qualify as ‘high life’ in that no matter the bargain offered
IN THE QUEUE AND OUT OF THE EQUATION
The relationship between artist and...
INTUITING INTUITION OR HOW TO RECOGNISE A LOGICAL FALLACY.
How many artists will tell you that they work by intuition? Quite a few. In the last hundred years or so it has become the go-to explanation for modernism and everything that followed.
TITLED OR ENTITLED
The more obscure the title, the more the work assumes significance or special qualities that separate it from the pack.
ON AVOIDING OBLIVION
Perhaps I should align myself with a social cause, be filmed protesting outside Parliament and get myself arrested as did the likes of Ai Wei Wei and the Guerilla girls on numerous occasions – but then again, maybe not.
THE ABSURD, THE BIZARRE AND THE RIDICULOUS
Albert Camus the author philosopher was not the only one to consider that not only is life meaningless but that art is humanity’s ceaseless attempt to impose order to counter the alienation experienced in confronting a chaotic world.
RITUAL, RELEVANCE AND REVELATION
Part of any gallery ritual is the explanation provided. The necessity to explain in objective terms is all-pervasive and often becomes the be-all and end-all of looking at a work of art.
PALMER INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE BIENNALE 2024
THE TEMPLE OF ART
I guess in the end it comes down to just which selfie is going to be important enough to be remembered, collected, bought and sold. The odds would bear comparison with buying the winning lottery ticket and the prospect of shared hope such a win engenders. Perhaps that is the message of contemporary art. Rather than shared belief it is the shared hope of discovery that drives the creative process.
DEATH AND RESURRECTION OR THE NATURAL PROCESSES OF ATROPHIC ENTROPY
Recently I installed two tall wooden sculptures...
TO TELL OR NOT TO TELL – THAT IS THE QUESTION
ou are the artist, the creator, and it is your own ego that is being satisfied. It is rewarding if others understand your aim but it is never your duty to explain it…