Mike Collier of the Laing Art Gallery and Museum wrote of Duffy in
1989:
"Terry Duffy is a rare individual. He is both an innovative
artist and teacher. He believes in the value of genuine creative
activity and in his teaching and his art he is uncompromising in his
confident handling of visual experimentation.
What gives both his work and his teaching its quality is his view that
experimentation should be allied to a sound visual knowledge of the
history and craft of modern art, and that art does not exist in a
social vacuum, but is a part of life. With this realistic and
unpretentious approach he has developed ways of sharing the joy,
anxiety and passion of his art with artist and non artist alike,
especially through the format of the art game. |