Micheál O'Connell (@mocksim): "In response to a post titled ‘The Great Australian Art Con’ https://substack.com/@thisartlife/p-197098606 which argues that contemporary art culture has replaced criticism and judgement with institutional promotion, self-branding and performative validation, leaving artists, art…"

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In response to a post titled ‘The Great Australian Art Con’ substack.com/@thisartli… which argues that contemporary art culture has replaced criticism and judgement with institutional promotion, self-branding and performative validation, leaving artists, artworks and audiences trapped inside a managed cycle of visibility, affirmation and publicity:

Micheál O'Connell

May 11

It is hard not to sympathise with the guts of what is being said here. Staged photographs of artists beside their creations are faintly ridiculous. The fact that they are not seen as such is part of the problem. I was only discussing the increased tendency towards this recently with a friend. The vanity point is valid across many fields …

May 13

11:44 AM

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