When All the Special Effects are Done..
© Michael St.Mark 2013
.. and all the pretty patterns are more or less painted, printed and drawn; it’s time for art to go beyond the retinal, to dig beneath the surface of things, with the Power Tool of Perception / PTP ™ without suffering fear-based punitive exclusion from the mainstream media.
( billboard advertising Hayward Gallery’s ” Light Show” , Shoreditch EC1, 2013 )
Tawdry definition;
” Showy, flashy, superficial… lacking in depth or real meaning ”
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More cheap shot gigantism – Hayward gallery 3D SFX from late 2012.
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( c. Art Axis / London Dada )
Skilled craftsmanship that entertains in a startling, funfair kind of way – sure.
But thought-provoking, challenging, enlightening? Well….
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