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Medium: oil on Strathmore Size: 12" x 18" Title: Mont St. Victoire |
Innovation, sensationalism, ridiculous claims, posturings, media exaggeration, is the norm in modern art. The hoop-la has extended beyond the individual, and art has become A MONSTROUS COMMODITY, not done for artistic values, but for insiders who use it for their own ends. But all is not lost; we can THANK GOD for the silent creators, apart from the current system, who go their personal ways, setting their standards. They keep alive the tradition of artists who think for themselves just like the radical groups at the end of the nineteenth century. The sincerity of these men shows a powerful and original initiative, which is absent in the present group of charlatans who are BAD ARTISTS, BAD ACTORS, mouthing meaningless lines ... |