thank you. Had been thinking about writting it for ages but kept putting it off then splurged it out in a frenzy the other day.

IN answer to your question I think the beauty of the current state is that nothing is out.

If anything I think there is a growing number of calls and need for a return to craft as a velue to be credited. People have got bored of the repetitive nature of parody and elitist commentary in art which purposefully avoids craft.

There exists an irony. Craft was intially deconstructed as a necessity in order to democratise the practise, to move away from the elite and bourgoise nature of art practise. The paradox is that we have now arrived at a point where the craftless practise, which needs to focus on a knowing conceptualism, is even more elitist.

I don’t think we can exist in a moment where we see craft and concept as inseperable, that has too often been the danger in the past. The two are symbiotic. When they become seperate we move towards the crass. No good art has ever been one or the other.

In terms of craft we are now in a position where there is not a singular understanding in what is good craft, its about the right craft. For example, in terms of painting, the suitable application and approach for that particular paitnings and its mutiple functions. Look at Howard Hodgkin, appears crude and childlike in its application and colour at points when we glance. Look longer and you will see one of the most skilled craftsman currently practising.

I tried to write an article about modernism, based on scraps of knowledge and information i know about it. But it turns out to be a collage of ideas, which can only be understood by myself, haha..

Do you think that the way out to this kind of chaotic state and endless parodies is through the solid creative process, instead of bringing different symbols together? Or do you think that quantifying art by skills and craftmanship is a way out as well?

or do you think that people are just deluded to think we are stuck? as there are progress in science such as nano- and genetic technology…