Public art ‘…uncomfortably presents us with our own specific place, our own subject position relative to other, often competing positions within the public space it inhabits.’
“Similarly, small faults or errors, be it a wobble in the line, a momentary mistake in the order of colours, or a crease in the paper, can make the artist feel like there is a blight on an otherwise pristine arrangement…”
So much of the Australian art world is way too heavily invested in the old. So the new, that which is less understood, causes anxiety and often fear. The cling-on-by-their-nails attitude to an earlier way of doing things is remarkable for an arts industry claiming to be contemporary.