robert hughes Rest In Perpetuity

His "The Fatal Shore" was my introduction to the largely hidden history  of Australia. I read it when I first moved there in 2000 AD.  It was quite an introduction to my new 'home'. More than an eye opener, it was a raw revelation.

Readiing about his death was a shock, but in today' s technology driven world his voice can live on.

Rest in Perpetuity, Mr Hughes. 

This was a political and ethical judgment, as well as artistic. Art had become the plaything of the market, he believed. It was getting too expensive as it turned into the sport of 1980s investors. Artists like Jeff Koons and – he later added –Damien Hirst were barely real artists at all, but grotesque market manipulators.

If he was right, God help us all, for the conquest of art by money and the proliferation of celebrity artists that he condemned continues to multiply. The art world of today might be mistaken for an apocalyptic vision dredged from his darkest satirical imaginings.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/aug/07/robert-hughes-greatest-art-critic?newsfeed=true

we will continue to hear his voice and see his never aging face.  technology zindabad!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUh_NSpiTsY