| abstract | - What is concept? Who is Art? We may never know. But we can certainly try to find out. Analysing Art today is not easy; one cannot simply express an opinion, one must form an argument, a dogma if you will, with which to equip ones metaphysical toolkit for the task ahead. This requires a great deal of ‘Skill’ and ‘knowledge’. One must be able to establish an ‘Insight’ into the ‘psyche’ behind the work in question, like a surgeon probing with a scalpel; one must cut away the tumours of depiction, to reach the juicy fluid of meaning. One cannot simply look at a painting with ones eyes, oh no. One must physically ‘feel’ the painting with them, often risking blindness in the process, as I did when viewing the seminal sculpture ‘Molten glass and nails, in a large barbed wire nest.’ In this exhibition I hope to take you on a journey to a place called ‘existence’, where hopefully we will find ourselves answers to these tantalising questions.
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