by Alan Todd | Mar 27, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
Last year I spoke to an artist who had had to remove and rehang her exhibition three times until it was out of the view of offended pensioners using a community centre. She took her dilemma to a radio station and received a sympathetic reception but in the end,...
by Alan Todd | Jan 28, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
Is the idea of artistic legacy merely vanity on the part of the artist or a societal need to position artists in the greater narrative? Probably both, although the needs of the market more than likely outweigh both. A signature proves that you were the one who created...
by Alan Todd | Jun 24, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
This week I received a copy of Prime, The Next Generation of artists [Phaiden]. It follows the Vitamin series in canvassing the art world as a predictive summation rather than writing in retrospect as is the case for every other book on my shelves. Some 700...
by Alan Todd | Jul 18, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Painting, Review
During July 2021 my exhibition entitled phenomenon is at the Main gallery in Halifax St in the city of Adelaide. The. In that a phenomenon can be described as an event as opposed to something large and impressive, each work in the exhibition presents a moment in time...