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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…
BEAUTY OR THE LACKING OF IT
Every time I hear that old chestnut of a cliché that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I am left wondering.
DECADENCE – THE ART OF THE RAT RACE
Can we say that contemporary art has stopped moving forward and is essentially moribund and reeking of turpitude? Perhaps. As a society we have found a way of having all styles, ideas and histories running simultaneously. There is no past and no present.
THE PUBLIC IN PUBLIC ART – LET’S REMOVE THEM FROM THE EQUATION
s there actually a common denominator for general acceptance or don’t you even bother asking on the basis that if the public sees something often enough they’ll get used to it?
CULTURAL STAGNATION IN AN ERA OF CONSTANT CHANGE
We live in the era of personal and societal disfunction where ethical and moral strictures, religious mores, discussion of mortality and time have all been consigned to the garbage can. All we have to go on is hindsight and the belief that anything worthwhile has already happened. Peter Allen may well have been right in suggesting that we will go on recycling the past forever.
ALGORITHMS AND CULTURAL WORTH OR HOW I GOT ENOUGH VOTES TO BE POPULAR
Cultural worth can always be measured by monetary worth or if that fails to impress, an algorithm.