The media hype,
the hysteria
for a splash of paint
of wheezy colours!
Big bucks paid
more for the
signature,
than the art object itself?

Once,
art was synonymous
with elegance,
refinement and
renowned for
its exceptional line,
visual clarity,
and sensitive portrayal
of reality!

Now,
purity of form and class
is clearly a thing of
the past!
The raw,
the bohemian
the more modish the painting,
the more saleable!

The exoticism of classical art
is missing,
aesthetic is shelved,
mediocrity is preferred,
and grotesque is revered!

We now
rave about
the aura created
around the
artist,
his avante garde look,
his decadent lifestyle,
his urbane speak!

`His art is not art’
the bold critic,
the sole purist asserts,
`it is an apology,
… a hideous abstraction.’

So, let’s bring back that era
of classical art,
let’s clean our palettes
and make a fresh start!