OH, thats just great, so now I think I am a famous modern artiste too, huh? |
"Nietzsche" or "The Spanner of No " mixed media, found objects, wood, perspex, chutzpah, metal, magnet and chrome-vanadium spanner. 2015 |
Cower, Oh, my minions, as I unveil the modern wonder "Nietzsche". Inspired by my visit to the Mclleland Gallery. It now causes existential dichotomies at my place of work. Yes it actually does levitate. My colleagues who are a lot less pretentious than me spontaneously renamed it to " The Spanner of No ". |
Confession I am not a modern artiste, I am not even an artist. I am not an art critic. I accept things and people for what they are and for the positive experience they can share with me. The visit to the Mclelland outdoor sculpture park showed my something interesting. I long time ago I would have sided with the skeptics who rightfully say that this is all a load of balony and "what a pile of junk" , It is ,however,amazing what can be achieved with just a pile of junk and some chutzpah. It takes some bravery to assert that a pile of welded bashed up junk can ever be art. I have worked and assisted artists in my sojern at Monash University, they have shared their insights with me. I can now reveal to you their secret. The purpose of modern art sculpture is not technically brilliant representation of whatever it is the sculpture is about, it is not about that causation of metaphysical rifts in the fabric of existential reality ( all thought it actually maybe so ), nor is it about the making of a fast buck. There are not many to be had in Professional Art, anyway. It is about getting people to talk, to each other, maybe nothing more than a embarrased cackle or a pretentious exposition about hidden meaning and political expression. No, really, people will talk to each when confronted with something odd, pretentious, frankly foolish and just a little subversive. It becomes a minor nexus for drawing conversation from people that would otherwise remain silent. So, thus inspired , I created the above piece of modern art. It is nothing more than a spanner levitated by a powerful magnet. It has created an existential dichotomy and caused my colleagues at work who are all skeptical, hard bitten, physical professional engineers to stop by my desk and gawk. And talk, about more metaphysical things, and then, maybe, a bit of shop. I pompously declare my artwork title "Nietzsche" ( now you try spelling that !) after the completely bonkers German philosopher. Nonsence, suggest my colleagues. After much deliberation they self title it " The Spanner of No " . My little work succeeded in its purpose. It caused people to stop and talk about things other than the mundane. |