sculpture, 2001, OTTAWA.  I was bleeding the other day about Culture. i keep hearing all  over the place, particularly from some community newspapers. The lack of culture, upbringing existing in the youth of today.

at the same time we have people telling their kids not to go into the arts. So the big question. Where does this culture come from?

 Ideas such as what we as a group of people find aesthetically pleasing. what stories  about our past do we want to bring forward. what is our ideas of morality, ethics. all these things are transported through our art. think of art as culture making,culture providing.  of course there are several levels, the commercial level is mainly concerned with maintaining the status quo and entertaining folks. but it is still an extremely effective cultural marker. its just not a great cultural critic, or a champion of progress