Artual Art - 1578 Words

Does conceptual art need special abilities to become recognised and successful? INT. SERPENTINE GALLERY, EVENING You can see a large, white gallery with lots of windows on the celeste. The rooms are full of brightly coloured works hanging on the walls and light projectors directed towards them. There are some minimalistic installations with wooden and metallic objects. There is an external shot of Central London through a huge window placed in the centre. There is no furniture except for one black sofa in the corner. The simplicity of the entire exhibition is giving a sensation of the cool and static atmosphere. As we pan across, we see two men. There is Michael Craig-Martin wearing a grey suit and a tie. He appears to be very curious,†¦show more content†¦He thinks to himself: â€Å"I couldn’t confound him — his face has something iconic. His gaze is somewhat blank but, at the same time, he is looking through things. I am afraid of him, but I still believe in magic and I don’t really know what to say and how to be†¦Ã¢â‚¬ 3 Well, it is a different era now but, anyway, I am not interested in design and consumerism, so we can have a chat if you want.4 Durer: If you want to say that in the future this kind of art and style, if I can call it style, will be recognised as being successful, I want to go straight to hell. I don’t see any reason to continue with my years of hard work on prints and drawings — I feel sad and depressed. Michael: Of course, theres nostalgia in my work. It upsets me if people look at it as though they were intellectual machines with no feelings. This exhibition tries to confront that.5 Just continue with your technique with an excess of drawing, which I don’t necessarily like to use in my works, but each artist has his own way of expressing himself. My way is the simplest and I am doing it by eliminating all unnecessary information, leaving just lines and colours. Durer: I find your exhibition useless and I think it is better for you just to drink that glass of water and stop inviting people to stupidity. When I need to draw a tree I even measure all the spaces between leaves to arrive at the idea of a perfect drawing. I wouldn’t tell you more about the golden section, for example. I think your mind is too narrow