I love art galleries and art museums. Seeing the classics, the new works, it’s all wonderful and I thrive on it.
But there is one aspect of the art world I can’t handle and that is the writing about the art. Some of it is very informative, but too often it strays into extremes of hyper-intellectual foolishness.
Here is a quote from an article in The Guardian about the problem of Art Talk:
“The artist brings the viewer face to face with their own preconceived hierarchy of cultural values and assumptions of artistic worth…”
Which is actually a pretty mild example of overblown art talk.
I promise that I will always talk about my work in the plainest language. I say things like, “I thought it would be interesting to have color on one side and black and white on the other.”
I will never decorate a skimpy work with fancy language.
The use of the URL www.sculpture-dot-fun is intentional. I am very serious about this work, but I want all my work to be serious fun.