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 | Nov 18, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
When Picasso was messing about with African masks he believed in the magical power of objects – probably a throwback to his days in Catholic Spain as well as the mystique of bullfighting and its role in reinforcing the male ego. African nations have...
by Alan Todd | Apr 12, 2023 | Art, Artist, Opinion
The idea of cultural stagnation could be said to derive from imitation and repetition without context. Recycled forms of music and art, to say nothing of ‘classic’ TV comedy keep being revived for a new generation where every day of the last century exists...
by Alan Todd | Apr 3, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
I recently sat through the 2023 Series of Australian Idol and while I had in the end no investment in who won or of which judge topped the popularity stakes, the idea of public taste determining a winner suggested on the one hand a belief that statistical...
by Alan Todd | Dec 28, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
This week I saw a film of a Chinese family who make endless copies of van Gogh paintings for the likes of Wall Mart. In one scene an order for 800 copies of one of his flower paintings was being met and the discussion was about quality of brush work. What van Gogh...
