Wise to Art

The essential characteristic of art is that it initiates and spurs thought or feeling. A dumb work is not a work of art. Other fundamental qualities are implicitness and evocativeness. In these simple, often dual and sometimes contradictive criteria lies the kernel of all art.
However, in order to perceive and appreciate at all, you need [...]

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Between the work of art and the onlooker there isn’t so much communication as there is communion. For art to be Art, merger is essential. Art is a medium and not an end, art reveals shared or kindred emotions. When a work of art not only solicits but maintains your attention, you are in fact [...]

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It’s now almost a century ago that the Dadaist movement introduced absurdity into the art world and it’s only logical that the ultimate consecration of nonsense, pecuniary compensation, is now gaining widespread acceptance. Damien Hirst is the emblematic figure of our times. Mr Hirst is certainly a genius of some kind. With Hirst the fusion [...]

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