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THE INHERENT DANGER OF ART

by Alan Todd | Feb 21, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Review, Sculpture

BRAVE NEW WORLD, February 2021 Adelaide Fringe Festival When The Main Gallery opened in Adelaide in November 2020, its stated aim was to provide a meeting place for artists from all walks of life and to bring the work of international artists to Adelaide. There is...

REVOLUTION, THE EASEL PAINTING, THE POWER

by Alan Todd | Jan 12, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting

The role of art and artists has altered over time. The ancient world is full of monuments to power, records of the doings of civilisations and individuals, and examples of the transmission and perpetuation of culture – the teachings and dogma of religions being...

THE POLITICAL POWER OF EASEL PAINTING: FACT OR FALLACY

by Alan Todd | Oct 9, 2020 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Painting

I recently spoke to a young artist, barely out of art school, who believed that her work could alter or shape people’s thinking about animals and the environment. Looking at her work consisting of animals in fields, I wondered how she could believe it when art history...

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