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Why it’s OK not to like modern art

27/05/2003thoughtcattc

Thoughtcat’s man in New Zealand highlights an interesting article from The Times, in which Julian Spalding, founder of Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art, says that modern art’s duty “to shine an aesthetic light on the soul” has been eclipsed by commercialism.



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    by thoughtcat 4 days ago
    My grandad Bill Cooper painted this in about 1960. I never knew him as he died just before I was born. He was a commercial artist and did designs for linoleum among other things. He painted for pleasure I believe but this is the only actual painting I’ve seen of his.  #landscapepainting   #seascapepainting 
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    New self-portrait. Swipe for process shots. Reasonably happy with it, could be better but a decent likeness at least  #selfportrait   #selfportraitpainting   #oiloncanvas   #oiloncanvaspainting   #figurepainting 
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    by thoughtcat 2 weeks ago
    First painting of the new year, a(nother) self-portrait. Not totally sure about it, I like some bits of it more than others.  #oiloncanvas   #painting   #selfportrait   #portraitpainting   #amateurartist   #figurativepainting   #figurativeartist 
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    Fab rainbow earlier this afternoon. Hopefully a sign of things to come.

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