So, as I mentioned, we went to see the exhibition of Francis Bacon and Henry Moore at the Ashmolean at the weekend.
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II: So you enjoyed the Henry Moor, Itchy?
I: Oh yes, Knee. And you liked the Francis Bacon?
I: Oh yes, Knee. And you liked the Francis Bacon?
Sometimes I look at Modern Art & I wonder “is it really art, or simply dementia?”
That’s a really good question. I tend to the opinion that each human has their own experience of the world, which they may deliberately express; even if everyone else thinks them demented. And if that expression effectively communicates some aspect of their experience, then who can say it’s not art?