NOW DID I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS ?
From what we are seeing around Europe at the moment there is a great ceramics revival: clay is oozing back into contemporary art. Many of the exhibitions l have seen show the ceramic medium more it would seem than before. Inevitably, over the past decade or so, it’s an arena dominated by works exploring the digital world: a preoccupation reflected in the glitzy hi-tech buzz of exhibitions around Europe. I enjoyed David Hockney’s work on the iPads. Would you believe that that is back in 2012? David Hockney Unveils his Ipad But when the art form becomes « gadgetized » and nothing seems to be real anymore - (here I’m referring to photos which have been so color changed that one wonders what the original looked like) - and videos too some artists l enjoyed years ago have now become way-out in my book. I discovered Jean Michel Aberola in the 80’s and found his videos very moving then some how he went overboard. In this little video from Youtu