Quote: McLaren_Field "No I am rather concerned about the overall construction of the piece, the compositional aspect is very weak, it has a very disturbing feel about its whole, I'm getting a message that the artist is not revealing his inner self to us in this rather he is portraying what he thinks we want to see, he should open up more and not just go for the commercial hit, art is not about commerce and an artist with the political convictions of this one should understand this , its unforgivable really and I expect the RA to reflect this in their decline later this month.'"
Whilst I empathise with the pre-Warholian ethos that art is not commerce, we must take account of the confusion of money, style, fashion etc that nowadays pervades most people's lives, and hence finds its way into art, in my opinion wholly justifiably.
Kevin has stated verbally that, in his view, a top salary is not the top priority ... and here, with his simple and direct comparison of where he was versus where he is, he has rejected the [iCampbell's Soup Tin [/iacceptance of the conjoinment of art, graphic design and business branding, in favour of bold recognition of his aims.
