THE LAST ART SHOW — AN INTERLUDE Part II
II. “So, what do you think Charles? I think it’s my best one yet.” “Look Bill, I like it, you know I do. I like all your work, otherwise you wouldn’t be published here, now would you? But I just…
THE LAST ART SHOW — AN INTERLUDE
Today, I’ve got something else for all of you lovely souls; a preview of a dystopian novel I’ve been working on, about art, armageddon and fast cars and the fear of death! This part of the book fits incredibly well…
THE RELIGION OF THE CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD Part III
To tie together the previous two blogs, I want to discuss what is in my opinion the highest and most complex function that art has in human society — the artificial creation of the experience of the sublime. We’ve pinned-down…
THE RELIGION OF THE CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD Part II
Various sources state, that about 10% of people worldwide are either not part of any religion or agnostic, and a big chunk of these people are full-blown atheists. But, while these numbers are about as precise as if the statisticians…
THE RELIGION OF THE CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD Part I
Religions have defined cultures and people since the beginning of time; man time, not time time — unless you ask a theologian. They will tell you that both are pretty much the same and that ancient man rode dinosaurs and…
A GAME OF PERSPECTIVES
At its core, art is an experience. And like all human experiences, it’s created through perspectives — so the idea that 100 people will see 100 different things in the same work of art, probably doesn’t come as a shocker…
IN THE BEGINNING, THERE REALLY WASN’T ANY ART
Contrary to common belief, art is not a material thing. There are no traits that an object has to posses to be deemed a work of art. But, that doesn’t mean that art does not need to be embodied in…
HOW RANDOM CRAP CAN BECOME ART: AN OVERTURE
This is not a social commentary folks, so for anyone expecting a rant on all the junk that gets sold off as artistic masterpieces; I’m sorry to disappoint you, this is not the point of today’s blog. But that’s not…
YOUR ART IS A VESSEL FOR IDEAS
The tag word today is ideology; every piece of art has its own story and thus its own bit of ideology infused into it. And the main question for all of us artists is: “How can we either become part…
YOUR ART DEFINES YOUR CUSTOMER
The kind of art we produce has an enormous effect on the end customer we attract; pretty flower paintings will attract people that like flowers. But this does not translate directly; some of them are much fonder of pretty flowers…