by Alan Todd | Feb 28, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
I’ve come across this phenomenon a few times before where the broken, the shredded, the lost and the unfinished in the Arts are acclaimed as much as is the pristine. This week it was a Koons Balloon Dog. An artist-collector wants to buy the broken shards,...
by Alan Todd | May 5, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, digital art, Opinion, Painting, Sculpture
There is a reality to being an artist today that seems to be at odds with public perception. One debated area is the employment status of the artist and the other, the provenance of the work. Just what is so precious about the hand of the artist that a work instantly...
by Alan Todd | Apr 22, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Sculpture
As an artist I find myself increasingly unsure of what is art, what is not, and how to define or even recognise a ‘masterpiece’. Museums are full of masterpieces as chosen by an artistic elite, remnants of long expired artists and the cultures that supported...
