My contended objective art 

portrays the elephants in the room.

Modern reality is full of contended persons, places and ideas;

which we would rather avoid, deny, and dispute 

simplify into stories

and spin into sound-bytes.

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As with all art,

the viewer approaches contended objective art 

with aesthetic curiosity.

But contended objective art,

engages that curiosity with details of image, word and style

which encourage the mind

to ponder the reality beyond the idea

to perceive an interrelated complexity.

 

Political art and marketing art

narrow the mind upon slogans and products. 

Contended objective art 

encourages the viewer

to contemplate a broader complexity.

tnn 9/29/2017