Graham Whitham -
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Event type: Art Talk
Date & Time: Tuesday 26 Oct at 7.30pm
Location: Gold Room, Winter Garden, Eastbourne, East Sussex
Admission: £8 (Members £7)
Tickets: Available from Hon Treasurer/Ticket Administrator Wendy Bishop
Contemporary art often invites criticism and comment. Some regard it as unconventional, controversial or just irrelevant while others consider it the epitome of creative endeavour and a significant expression of modern culture.
These contradictory views are a matter of opinion but they also dramatize the conflicting attitudes that surround contemporary art and contribute to its fascination and challenge. Perhaps one thing that makes contemporary art so controversial is that where there was once a relatively clear distinction between something that was art, such as a painting or a sculpture, and something that was not art, such as a pile of bricks or an unmade bed. This is not necessarily the case with art today.
Graham Whitham has called his talk The Good, The Bad and The Ugly because we often judge art using such criteria. However, he would like to suggest that although contemporary art differs in appearance from art of previous times, it actually does what art has always done - encourages innovative ways of looking at and interpreting the world around us.
Graham Whitham