The “FREE ART FREES ART” model is a brilliant hack around the gatekeeping problem. You’re right that commercial galleries care more about marketability than real quality — HECKEL’S HORSE JR. That kind of creative liberation , skipping all that bureaucracy , is what makes art movements interesting . The mask paintings have that primal, unrefined energy that galleries usually try to “fix” until they are unrecognizable. It’s also smart to plan on recording the trial-and-error process — the mistakes are as valuable as the successes for other artists trying to replicate this. And that poem at Speakers Corner is just pure gold. It is a smart, unpretentious analogy to the barriers in the art market to Brexit. See you in Pattaya mate. Bring on the masks.
Thanks! I appreciate it. I imagine there'll be a lot of trial and error involved in the Speakers Corner speech too, but all part of the rich tapestry of life! Can't wait to get back to Pattaya. It feels like home every time.