Reading 'The Demon of Progress In The Arts' by Wyndham Lewis.

In the first few chapters a modern reader might mistake it for satire (see pics).

Yet, his views are very serious and many current artists would echo his stance with regard to modern gatekeepers such as Arts Council England.

He fights against 'empty' contemporary art, and, though subjective, his points remain valid.

Better than expected.

#WyndhamLewis #ArtCritic #BookReview #Demon #ContemporaryArt #RoyalAcademy

A classic case of “just because it can be done, doesn’t mean it should be done”.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gynq/why-is-ai-art-so-bad
#Art #AI #aiart #ArtCritic #artcriticism #digitalart #Culture

This might be one of the most articulate interviews I’ve done about my book and all contained in just 11 minutes 😮! Thank you to Antonio Jaén, Instituto Cervantes Dublín and the #ISLAFestival for having me and #NegativeSpaceBook

#LiteraryFestival #memoir #Art #WritingCommunity #MaritalBreakdown #ArtCritic #Divorce #Ireland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmReojeQt2o

Meme as art critique: Interesting piece on the power of memes to lampoon the more elitist, homogenous aspects of the #ArtWorld https://www.lofficielusa.com/art/art-memes-digital-opinions-everyday-expressions

#ArtCritic #ArtStudent #FineArts #ArtIndustrialComplex

I think this is one of my favourite interviews I’ve done about my book. Sharing for anyone who would like to know more. My interviewer is Niall McDowell, a partner in a large legal firm in Dublin who relocated to Dingle to remote work during the pandemic. We are laughing at the start because what sounded like the Angelus rang out as the event began at 12pm in the repurposed chapel at An Díseart in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland

#memoir #irishwriting #ArtCritic #divorce

https://youtu.be/9zpN0846oO4

I’m still thinking about this ending a couple hours after reading it

"CHARLES: You're right to keep me a part of it. My white-ness. It needs to be faced.
CHARLOTTE:(she faces Charles) At its deepest level, yes.
CHARLES: It's just skin and yet I know it's power too.
CHARLOTTE: Dehumanizing power.
CHARLES: What is skin? I've heard dust is mostly skin (touching the table)-is this my skin? Yours?
CHARLOTTE: Charles-
CHARLES: We're shedding skin all the time—thousands of cells a minute. But it renews itself. I've never actually looked at my skin.

How many cells is it? How porous is it? How many layers are there? Where is it darkest? Where lightest? (He begins to unbutton his shirt.) All my skin is holding me together. Good lord, all this skin shields me. It protects me from . .. from
being you.

Its like the badge of the police. (He removes his shirt and turns his back to her.) I'm ready. (Beat.)

Charlotte, you can shoot me now. (He stands there with his back to her and arms at his side.
Silence.)

[Leonard Cohen's "Different Sides" begins to play.
Charlotte ties her smock around her waist and, taking off her shoes, steps onto a crate, binding her hands with his scarf. She stares at Charles's back.
Charles turns around. His horror and confusion are apparent. There is the click and flash of a camera.]

THE END"

- “The White Card" A Play by Claudia Rankine, author of "Citizen: An American Lyric"

I was assigned "Citizen" while I was completing my masters in #AmericanStudies I think the same year this came out. Short but powerful. #reading #play #theatre #academia #books #art #ArtCritic First staged in #Boston

I am a #writer who has written about #art for The Sunday Times for 19yrs. As an #ArtCritic & #journalism graduate I chose a #newspaper & #BroadcastMedia practice because I’m interested in #ArtCriticism that seeks audiences beyond the #ArtWorld. My marriage ended in my late 30s, so I am a #divorced mother of 2 in an #Ireland in which that is still, strangely, little-discussed. I published a #memoir called Negative Space in 2022 to pull some of these aspects of my life together.