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WHAT CAN MAKE UP FOR LACK OF TALENT

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  WHAT CAN MAKE UP FOR LACK OF TALENT Does art derive its validity from the skill of the creator's hand, or from the cultural scaffolding that forces our conscious spotlight onto the object? This gallery space has thrown down a direct challenge. Dominating the centre wall, glowing in bright white neon above the shattered glass and the Campbell's Soup Can, is a raw, uncomfortable question: "WHAT CAN MAKE UP FOR LACK OF TALENT?"  This neon sign acts as the ultimate cognitive mirror, forcing us to reconcile the two extremes hanging on either side of the gallery. The Postmodern Answer: Frame and Hype Look at the soup can sitting in the spotlight. Postmodernism, driven by Andy Warhol and Pop Art, gave a cynical, revolutionary answer to this neon question: Context, branding, and institutional framing make up for a lack of talent. Postmodernism declared that you don't need the masterly brushwork of the Renaissance or the sublime emotional intensity of Mark Rothko. An art...
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What a bloke

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What a bloke, McGuire. Homophobic Comments Homophobic comments in the Winter Olympics ,  ''They don't leave anything in the locker room, those blokes,'' said Molloy. ''They don't leave anything in the closet either, do they?'' McGuire said, laughing. ''Careful,'' Molloy replied. ''You'll get yourself into trouble.'' Channel 9 Response: NO COMMENT Racist Comments Calling the Australian of the year King Kong,  The conversation : he is a throwback to the old racist, sexist culture that has blighted Australian sport. Sexist Comments The Age: he would pay $50,000 to see  Wilson stay under a pool of iced water and charge an extra $10,000 for "everyone to stand around the outside and bomb her". Sexist President of Collingwood Passive Decision He chooses to non-attend the first AFLW game, in which his team, the team he is president of, had the honor to ...
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