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 | 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 25, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
As a working artist I’m continually faced with the need to find space to exhibit – and I’m not alone. Shortly the Adelaide Fringe will launch its 2021 program of which the visual arts section is an integral part. Last year was difficult but as with the South...
by Alan Todd | Dec 30, 2020 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
John Ruskin, the English art critic spent the years 1843-1860 writing about art and architecture and producing Modern Painters, The Seven Lamps of Architecture and The Stones of Venice to try and determine what beauty is through the lens of art, religious belief and...
by Alan Todd | Dec 12, 2020 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Review
Historically we can look back over the last century and see how art reflected the time in which it was made. It becomes easier in critical terms to define an era the further away we get. Given that the art world tends to think in decades in spite of artists spanning...
