Four
to Watch
You will have to excuse my
silence. No, I did not stop noting and
appreciating good art – in fact, some of the most interesting pieces have come
out of the last twenty-four months.
Rather, I have been more pre-occupied with that other aspect of art and
culture – the establishment and maintenance of narrative theory (in other
words, grad-school). While this has
taken up most of my time, it is with relief and joy that I return to our
conversation about the everyday, pedestrian enjoyment of the art that surrounds
us.
In this regard, I feel it somewhat necessary
to re-establish some of my aesthetic tastes and leanings with you. While I cannot provide you with an
exhaustive, culturally critical analysis of the various regional and world
markets, I have identified four areas that I feel are on the up-swing – pending
their ability to maintain the necessarily social and political stability to
foster the creative process and their ability to gain an audience.
As the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games has
demonstrated, the great games can serve as a ready catalyst for great artistic
endeavors – and for generating the appreciative audience to support the works
being presented.
