Retrospective

“What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.” Wittgenstein

I believe passionately that it is vitally important for an artist to not merely show their work but to explain and clarify its meaning and intent in as much detail as possible. As I have quoted elsewhere on this site, "A picture is worth a thousand words - but which thousand words?" Far from its meaning being self evident, an image is essentially mute.

For this reason I decided sometime ago to document selected images from my oeuvre in as clear and honest a fashion as I could. That enterprise became my blog, Ian Talbot :: Retrospective. Surprisingly, whatever usefulness it may have for someone seeking to understand what I do and why, the exercise has served to clarify in my own mind just what motivates and concerns me in my artistic endeavours. If it finds no other audience then it has at least not been a wasted effort.

I have also decided to bring many of the articles from the blog into the website proper, catalogued in their relevant gallery section. However, please note that my blog will always be the most up to date and also includes articles about other images not shown on this site.

You can read my blog here...

Ian Talbot :: Retrospective