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Ray Bradbury
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“Traditional theories of aesthetics, like other traditional philosophical theories, tend to begin in paradox and end in tautology or verbal legislation. They seek a completely general answer to the question “what is art”, which will apply to all art without exception... - Margaret Macdonald (1953) The outcome of this generalisation is a series of recognised slogans, verbalised in an attempt to categorise art, such as ‘art is expression’, ‘art is imagination’, ‘fine art’… the list is endless, which by its own exemplar proves that art and artists cannot be generalised or placed in convenient boxes.
Art is created by humans and thus by its very association can be ‘messy’ and the ideas, thoughts, notions, and context depicted limitless.
In this section we showcase artists inspired by the wider canon of ideas and influences.
Artwork from top left: Ollie Holman, Fran White, Phillippa Egerton, Claire Palastanga, Shulan Wang
