this is not a craft, mosaic, bachor

This is not a craft

11″ x 14″

2010

Marble & Smalti 

sold

 

Mosaics are treated as the red-headed step-child in the world of fine art. The reputation of mosaic ‘art’ is basically that of a craft which can be seen

in countless examples of flower pots and picture frames throughout the world. By playing off of Magritte’s famous painting this piece disputes that assertion.

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Chicago, artist, potholes, pothole art, pothole mosaics, mosaics, mosaic, fine art mosaics, mosaic artist, contemporary mosaics, jim bachor, bachor

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