Word: tomming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Intrigued by Tom's project, The Cambridge Arts Council provided funding for him to do his last 10 paintings. The city now approves the posting of his artwork, and as Tom has been endorsed by the powers that be, his tone has tempered. Most importantly, the motto no longer appears...
...Tom's political commentary is only part of his motivation. He is also saying something about appropriate settings for art in a community...
...Tom recounts his experience at the blockbuster Renoir exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts two years ago. "It was like we were on a moving sidewalk, and the paintings were just standing still. Or actually, we were standing still, and the art was moving by," he says. "The people were like a snake going through the rooms...
...Tom, the gallery setting also "deflates" art, by removing it from daily life. He rejects the notion that art is something one must make an effort to enjoy. For his own part, he likes to hang paintings in his living room so that "I can view it when I'm least aware...
...gallery system of displaying art is only three centuries old Tom notes, and his is an effort to harken back to the earlier artistic tradition in which artists painted and sold there works in the streets...