Folk can make art, and they do everywhere
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/24/monkey-christ-worst-art-repairs-of-all-time
Anybody that avoids bland commercialisation gets my vote. Monkey Christs, tattoos, garden gnomes, Aphrodite at the water hole… all are created with love, and can be considered in many ways contextually. At Edinburgh College of Art there is a valuable collection of classical Greek casts, traditionally used for drawing instruction. Over the years things have fallen off (not only toes and fingers). There was someone over time, perhaps janitorial staff, repairing them with Das clay. These were not always anatomically correct, but considerate and full of care. We liked them. We don’t have to be logical. That is for Vulcans.
My friend Erfan Khalifa is a musician and visual artist in Damascus. He studied photography in Vienna. He has the strong idea that contemporary art from the West is cold, and art from the Middle East warm and full of emotion. He has a point, when we compare Bauhaus with Dervish. But both are fantastic, no?
A work of art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t art at all - Paul Cézanne
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