Friday, 7 February 2014

Does art imitate life or does life imitate art?

A couple of years ago, I took my father to an exhibition by Duane Hanson anticipating that he would dismiss it as 'not art' but definitely hoping that it would trigger a reaction, any reaction. He loved it.

Apparently, female students at Wellesley College don't seem to share his enthusiasm for hyper realism, or at least not on their campus.
It reminds me of Peter Greensway who said us Rembrandt j'accuse, that until the 19th century art was not confined o museum.

   The sleepwalker, by Tony Matelli on Welesley College campus


Tourists, by Duane Hanson     

































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