by Alan Todd | Jan 30, 2024 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
I grew up believing that art was based on perception and vividly recall paintings by a local artist of whipped lines synthesising what he had seen of tall grass. The multiple layers of lines created a forest that filled the canvas. I also recall sitting in the roof...
by Alan Todd | Dec 6, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Painting, Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS IN 2024 As 2023 comes to an end I am planning for next year. It promises to be busy. The large wooden sculptural works will be out on display for the first time as will many of the smaller pieces. Of particular note will be the installation at Palmer. It...
by Alan Todd | Nov 28, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
In 1948 Picasso received a cable from America signed by Stuart Davis, Lipchitz and James Sweeney then head of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, asking that he be part of a protest against the attack on modern art by certain senators who considered such art...
by Alan Todd | Jun 16, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Sculpture
Recently I installed two tall wooden sculptures outside a gallery against a backdrop of endless rows of grape vines. They were there for the duration of an exhibition – a matter of six weeks. They didn’t survive. Oriented east-west to emulate the ancient stone...
by Alan Todd | May 20, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Sculpture
I visited an exhibition by two artists this week of small sculptures and paintings and then went to the artist talk a few days later. Whereas on first sighting I had been impressed by the tactile and whimsical use of materials for the sculptures and the use of...
