COMMENT
The artist's perspective: to show or not to show
It's that time of year when many an art club holds an exhibition of members’ recent work. Some are held in church halls, some in village halls and some in municipal art galleries, but for a growing number of artists, the question now is not what to show, but whether to show at all. That is because there is a growing feeling that the attitude towards amateur painters is changing. There really does seem to be an intangible perception that those who previously worked hand-in-glove with art clubs now look upon them as a source of revenue rather than a strand of our cultural heritage as was evident when regional arts councils handed out grants to prominent art groups.
For many a club the annual exhibition is the main focus of committee meetings. Who will be responsible for selecting the pictures
