27 Tuesday Nov 2018
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Chapter 19 of my research book about the morality and politics of our time as seen through the subjects of representational art is now available.
Whatever you do, find meaning in the struggle.
As representational artists, are we addressing the truly important issues of human existence? What is your creative response to the dilemmas with which we all live?
20 Tuesday Nov 2018
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Chapter 18 of my research book about the morality and politics of our time as seen through the subjects of representational art is now available.
Who are we? Why are we here?
Generating new culture presents a worthy challenge to representational artists, to work with great skill and insight towards generating new visions into what it means to be aware as human beings and to be benevolent towards each other.
13 Tuesday Nov 2018
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Chapter 17 of my research book about the morality and politics of our time as seen through the subjects of representational art is now available.
What are the moral and ethical responsibilities of representational artists to each other?
There are rumors of recurring issues affecting the arts community, including representational artists. Rumors such as:
–jurors who judge and award cash prizes to friends
–teachers who show up too impaired or unprepared to teach
–artists who use others’ photographs to create new works without credit
If rumors such as these are true, and issues such as these exist, are they moral or are they political issues?
06 Tuesday Nov 2018
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Chapter 16 of my research book about the morality and politics of our time as seen through the subjects of representational art is now available.
How can a representational artist claim power in today’s culture?
To this point I have addressed morality and politics in the content of representational art, and I turn now to morality and politics in the practice of representational art. Alia al Bermani responded to a question of ethics that I posed in The Representational Art Group on Facebook encouraging me to propose a paper on this topic. The figure of the representational artist today might exemplify the dilemma of being human today–as insignificant in the culture of celebrity and success as man in the universe; as pitiful or worse, contemptible as so many attributes of tradition, begging for scraps.