One of the peculiarities of artists is their stubbornness. I
THE RELEVANCE OF ‘ABSTRACT’ IN THE 21st CENTURY – JUST SEMANTICS?
Not that long ago I could define Abstract art as work without a formal, recognisable subject and essentially, centripetal.
WHEN DEATH BECOMES ‘PASSING’ AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSES ARE LEARNED FROM TV DRAMA, WHAT CHANCE DOES EXPRESSIONIST FIGURATIVE PAINTING HAVE?
WHEN DEATH BECOMES ‘PASSING’ AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSES ARE LEARNED FROM TV DRAMA, WHAT CHANCE DOES EXPRESSIONIST FIGURATIVE PAINTING HAVE?
THE ART OF CRAFT OR THE CRAFT OF ART. DOES ANYBODY REALLY CARE?
Art is ‘difficult’ while Craft is ‘easy’, and Art is based on ‘ideas, feelings and visual qualities’ while Craft is the ‘right use of tools and materials’. Do any of these labels actually help? Probably not.
FINDERS-KEEPERS AND THE MORAL INDIGNATION OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATON
Appropriation of the artefacts of the past has been rationalised by museums las the necessary preservation of human achievement.
STATE SPONSORED ARTS PATRONAGE IS ONE THING BUT MAKING A LIVING AS AN ARTIST, QUITE ANOTHER.
Just how do you create a culture of more than just free entertainment from feel-good events? Essentially this requires a cultural shift of major proportions