research talk- can look at pictures not just books.
Time Smoking a Picture- William Hogarth (1761)
scythe through the image, smoking into picture, jar of varnish
typical hogarth- text/ symbols overlaying
heirarchies- some things are skated over in books, don't simply read main articles, look at foot notes, research, references.
Hogarth- 'Sigismunda' (1759), was an unpopular image, but can still be releveant to your practice, don't dissmiss things because the people of the time, writing about these things, did.
'Smoking a Picture'- aging it, adding value, though the fgure is damaging the painting the piece is an attack on old paintingsm no one is buying new works. Hogarth is demeaning the audience who subscribe to this ideal. Can they see what's infront of them or are they being told. 'time is not a great artist, he weakens what he touches'. statues begin as art, then decay into 'value'.
Varnish- put on artworks to protect art, layers and layer /(of meaning)
statues- decay into- value
paintings- decay into- meaning
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