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Art speak for itself should
Art speak for itself should
If it is any good
It matters not a jot
Who did what
Where they studied
Whether they studied
Like music a chord strikes
In your soul or dislikes
Art in your mind’s eye
Doth please or defy
No scholar or seller is able
To umrumble your taste’s stable
As no amount of psyching
Can change your marmite liking…
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Hirst art heist
According to an article in the Sunday Times (17th June 2007 by Maurice Chittenden), Sir Trevor Nunn bought a painting he thought was a genuine Damien Hirst for £27,000. The “painting” was called “Squirly Hoops Touch My Nuts Peace and Love” and was in fact a “spin painting” done by Hirst’s [...]
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Art vs Photography
Art is primarily created by the imagination of the artist. Photographs are created by electro-mechanical devices. Photography is the precise reproduction of a two (possibly three, or four) dimensional image of reality. I am an artist and a photographer, and I like some of my art to look like photographs because I am so impressed [...]
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We Should Be True To Our Senses
I was once on a flight from London to New York (on a personal photo shoot as it happens) and had the good fortune of sitting next to Anita Zabludowicz – a prominent collector of contemporary art. This was a very fortuitous chance encounter for me, and a real privilege. During our conversation I asked [...]
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Beauty
Beauty: ‘That quality or combination of qualities which delights the senses or mental faculties; esp that combination of shape, colour, and proportion which is pleasing to the eye.’ – New Shorter Oxford Dictionary ISBN 0-19-861271-0
Beauty or aesthetics is a subject very dear to my heart, but I will not go into it here in detail [...]
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What Is Art?
There is plenty of ‘art’ in the world which literally anyone could do. Huge amounts of money are paid for some. What people call art and how much they are prepared to pay for it is entirely up to them. We live in a reasonably free world and we are all entitled to our views. [...]
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Survival of the Most Beautiful Art
Another eery coincidence has occurred in my life. It was only yesterday, while listening to BBC Radio3 (something I listen to a lot because it is not very invasive and it allows me to concentrate on my work; and, not least, because they often play beautiful music!), and really enjoying the sheer brilliance of Felix [...]
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