by Alan Todd | May 25, 2024 | Art, Artist, Opinion
THE DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO SUFFER AS AN ARTIST One of the questions frequently asked by amateur artists on FB is ‘is it finished?’ They then seek advice on what to do. The best-intentioned advice though is essentially worthless. No work of art worth looking at has ever...
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 | Apr 20, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Sculpture
Just what does the ‘public’ part of public art amount to? Should the public even be involved? Public sculpture is a challenge for any artist tasked with catering for a range of tastes and opinions and seldom pleases everyone. You’d have to be really unlucky to...
by Alan Todd | Mar 27, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
Last year I spoke to an artist who had had to remove and rehang her exhibition three times until it was out of the view of offended pensioners using a community centre. She took her dilemma to a radio station and received a sympathetic reception but in the end,...
by Alan Todd | May 2, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Review
In a recent article, Rainer Jozeps [In Daily, Adelaide], bemoaned the dearth of fearless arts critics in Adelaide. The word ’fearless’ is contentious in this context. Calling out the ‘bullshit’ is one thing but providing insight, perhaps even insight of which the...
