TheEverHumbled t1_jea2f95 wrote
Reply to comment by UngilUndy in You might like paintings more if you stop to read the gallery labels - people high in openness, and those with limited art experience, liked paintings more after reading information about the artist and their technique. by Litvi
Or the purpose of the blurb.
An art historian writing for benefit of visitors at a public gallery, vs the artist trying to pump their piece to well heeled patrons in a contemporary art market have different goals.
Concrete details like info about technique, similarities across the artists work, peer relations or the context of their art, all of which can give meaning to the piece and make it more approachable to casual audiences.
Pseudo-academic blather may be more intentionally obtuse for an elite contemporary market... "You get it, right?"
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