#222: A note (What I’ve been thinking about today)

A blank postcard with the following typed on the picture side:

The mind transcends over all mediums

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but something aesthetically or auditorily pleasing is best.

#221: Scratch off the surface and there is nothing there

A run of mass produced scratchcards.  The cards themselves are black with a white area that can be scratched off.  Above this area are the words, in white, “Scratch off the surface and there is nothing there…”  Scratching off the white area reveals nothing but black underneath, extending the border to the centre.

The reverse has a white background with black text reading: 

scratch me how you like: 

obliterate or create, 

or just imagine.

#220: The Current State of Things (Are there any absolutes in art?)

An artwork to be reproduced just inside the entrance of any gallery in the world, using their own collections in a potentially ever-changing display.

Six works of art hang on the wall in two rows of three with writing on the wall above the top row, below the final row and in between the rows.  (Or works and text are arranged in a way that suits the art being displayed).  None of the pieces are labelled in the traditional way, but instead with just one word that represents the current attitude to that work.

The text at the top reads:

David: "Is it all just… fashion? Are there any absolutes??" Mira: "Sure! In here…[she points to her chest]" Ollie: "Just not out there." from The Sculptor (2015) by Scott McCloud, p. 204 panels 1-2.

The three works of art in the top row are labelled, from left to right: Anti-fashion, In-fashion and Out of fashion.

The text across the middle reads: 

“God, it all seems… so shallow, though.  Like it’s all just about celebrity.  Not about the art at all.” The Sculptor (2015) by Scott McCloud, p.401, panel 7-8.

The three works of art in the bottom row are labelled, from left to right: Kitsch, Classic and Celebrity.

The text across the bottom reads: 

“Art is beyond taste. Leave your prejudices behind when you want to be uplifted.” from Kitsch art: love it or loathe it? (2013) by Jonathan Jones, published in The Guardian.

#219: Small black flowers that grow in the sky

Oil on canvas.  

A view of a bright blue sky, dotted with a few clouds, the sun shining in the corner.  Vines with flowers grow across the scene along the bars at the top of a cage.