Modern Art & Design

As an artist and designer I look back to times past as well as forward to consider the future needs of clients, their families/businesses etc.

One of the sad aspects is that there does not seem to be any truly great artitists an designers coming forward - not in the manner of Constable, Turner, the Bauhaus Movement and so on. Instead, the majority of people only see to have a contact with art and design is through mass produced 'trash' eg advertising, packaging, movies and so on. Some artists do make a great impact but often for the wrong reasons appealing to our more basic nature rather than to our heart, mind and soul.

Is this right or am I just getting cynical in my old age?!