Wise to Art

In easel painting as much as in mural painting, some knowledge of the supporting material is indispensable for correctly judging a painted work of art.
The support in easel painting has a long history. In the days of the natural wood panel, the traditionally square surface destined to receive the artwork was either hewn […]

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As Marcel Duchamp proved with his ‘Fountain’, any object can be made to look decent and any object can pretend to art if set within a clever framework. That the clothes make the man is an old truth. Any object has its environment, its inevitable setting.
Paintings have been framed ever since the portable image was […]

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In art as well as in business, a signature has particular importance. The signature is a seal signalling veracity of agreement. By apposing his signature, the signatory assumes responsibility. Whatever the context, a signature presumes, in one way or other, an accomplishment. The signature comes after the final touch. Something unfinished is not signed.
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