"Art bollocks" – John Allcock

Something to look forward to

09/01/202523/11/2022 by John

We set off tomorrow morning for one of our regular “raids” on London. These usually combine an attempt to meet my wife’s need for doses of theatre, and my craving for more gallery visits. She has been longing to see Six I think ever since it was first staged, and we also want to see … Read more

Is Antony Gormley really all that bad?

09/01/202528/03/2021 by John

I’ve just finished reading the section in Lanny May Freedman’s book What Happened to Art? in which she discusses the work of Antony Gormley. It certainly gave me pause for thought, for several reasons. The primary focus of her critique is the language in which Gormley describes his own work, finding his style overblown and, … Read more