practice; this is where nationally funded organisations have focused
their attention over the past twenty five years or so. Indeed this has
been the case with the visual arts as a whole where the innovative has
been prioritised over the traditional,”
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Of course the whole system is up the spout and needs changing. Sir Mark Jones director of the V&A and patron of the Heritage Crafts Association says that the word “innovative” is actually meaningless and what we should be celebrating is excellence. Work can be new and excellent or traditional and excellent, you can also get poor work that is innovative and poor work that is traditional. Lets cut the bollocks and celebrate excellence.
excellent blog post! with you 100%
Absolutely right. Couldn't agree more.