by Alan Todd | Oct 19, 2024 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Sculpture
Maybe there is a logic to this process that is simply beyond me, and I suspect, to much of the art world where even dealers are mystified, while the general public are inevitably in the dark to the point where they have stopped caring. In October 2022 the...
by Alan Todd | Sep 27, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
There have been any number of attempts to distinguish between Art and Craft. A friend of mine goes further and divides craft into two with ‘high craft’ as a pinnacle akin to art. In one version of a comparison chart[1],Art is ‘unstructured and boundless’ while...
by Alan Todd | Jul 13, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
It has been a long time since I considered what constitutes ‘fine art’ or even ‘art’ and I’m surprised that the debate still continues or that anyone still feels the need to define either. There has always been an exclusivity to definitions that favour an academic...
by Alan Todd | Feb 1, 2021 | Art, Artist, Opinion
The ultimate honour for any visual artist is to be recognised by their country as having contributed to the collective imagination and identity of the country through their individual vision. Each year Australians who have made a significant contribution are...
by Alan Todd | Jan 23, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Sculpture
Artistically speaking, there is no doubt that world looks different now than it did even twenty years ago. This has nothing to do with external stimuli such as a pandemic or global warming but has everything to do with the role that artists have to assume and the way...
